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Should I ship a Collectathon Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Collectathon
Only 12 developers shipped a Collectathon 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, ENCHAIN, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $56k, ×90 the market median. Revenue is up 1095% on the market; 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 5% | $56k (exactly $56,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 1095% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Collectathon
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 123 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 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
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
Comparable games
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition 2023 · $407k 
ENCHAIN 2026 · EA · $56k 
Just Click The Button 2024 · $31k 
WAIFU IMPACT 2021 · $27k 
Anzeigen Simulator 2024 · EA · $8.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition | older | $19.99 | 678 93% | 20k | $407k (exactly $406,597) | Nightdive Studios, Apogee Software, New… (Nightdive Studios, Apogee Software, New Blood Interactive) |
| | ENCHAIN | · EA | $19.99 | 94 96% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | mattlawrdev |
| | Just Click The Button | older | $2.99 | 341 90% | 10k | $31k (exactly $30,588) | Simon Eftestol |
| | WAIFU IMPACT | older | $5.99 | 148 85% | 4.4k | $27k (exactly $26,596) | Mitsuki Game Studio |
| | Anzeigen Simulator | · EA older | $4.99 | 59 84% | 1.8k | $8.8k (exactly $8,832) | SalsaShark Studios |
 | SpearFrog | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
 | CASTILLO: The Nine Circles | older | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Jackson Clayton |
 | Sugar Tanks | older | $4.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Bring It On! | older | $4.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Axol Studio, LLC |
 | Emorrior | older | $4.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | BerilyTeam |
 | IM LOOPY FOR DOOP LOOPS!!! | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | JakeHub, Metater | |
 | NOMSTERS | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Igor Yakunin | |
 | Wave 43 | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Alien Game Studio | |
 | Rebloom | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Innocentzebra | |
 | Silent Survivor: Under The Crisis | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Silent Dream | |
 | Mighty X Arms | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Stale Boi | |
 | Bob's Crystals | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | RedFlare game studios | |
 | Orangino | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Red Sasori | |
 | Modavuj Platform | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Modavuj Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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