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Should I ship a Choose Your Own Adventure Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Choose Your Own Adventure
Only 9 developers shipped a Choose Your Own Adventure Arena Shooter in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Survalker, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.0k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 470% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Choose Your Own Adventure; all of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2.5D, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 148 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalFair
- + DemonsFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Survalker 2025 · $4.2k 
Skuf vs beer bottle party 2025 · $3.9k 
Cemetery Warrior V 2021 · $3.8k 
Iron Trails: Outlaw Pursuit 2024 · EA · $3.8k 
VILOVEJETS 2026 · $3.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Survalker | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
| | Skuf vs beer bottle party | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
| | Cemetery Warrior V | older | $3.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Falco Software |
| | Iron Trails: Outlaw Pursuit | · EA | $17.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Gloac Games, Gloac |
| | VILOVEJETS | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Polka Studio | |
 | Stepfight | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Blackhole on the Road | older | $4.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Atomic |
 | Escape The Forest | older | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Sheer Studios |
 | Melon Dusk | · EA older | $1.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | SeedWall |
 | Knighventure | $2.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Amplexus Protocol | $5.95 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,071) | Nikraria | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ESCAPE OF MEMES | $0.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | The Memological Dungeon | $0.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm | |
 | Its Time To Meet God | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Kruix |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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