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Should I ship a Female-Led Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Female Protagonist
Of 48 developers who shipped a Female-Led Arena Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×404 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 49 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,626) |
| Top 5% | $254k (exactly $253,546) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 127 |
| Announced | 49 |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 3,252 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
Rollerdrome 2022 · $1.3M 
Rise of the Triad 2013 · $857k 
Project Warlock II 2025 · $628k 
Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend 2020 · $489k 
Kill The Crows 2023 · $426k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rollerdrome | older | $29.99 | 1,486 91% | 45k | $1.3M (exactly $1,336,954) | Roll7 |
| | Rise of the Triad | older | $14.99 | 1,905 66% | 57k | $857k (exactly $856,678) | Interceptor Entertainment |
| | Project Warlock II | $16.99 | 1,233 80% | 37k | $628k (exactly $628,460) | Buckshot Software | |
| | Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend | older | $14.99 | 1,087 52% | 33k | $489k (exactly $488,824) | Sigma Team Inc. |
| | Kill The Crows | older | $4.99 | 2,848 95% | 85k | $426k (exactly $426,346) | 5minlab Corp. |
 | 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) |
 | Viscerafest | $19.99 | 540 87% | 16k | $324k (exactly $323,838) | Acid Man Games, Fire Plant Games | |
 | Black Ice | · EA older | $19.99 | 515 95% | 15k | $309k (exactly $308,846) | Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garre… (Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garrett Cooper) |
 | Guns and Nuns: Storming Hell | $9.99 | 846 88% | 25k | $254k (exactly $253,546) | RM120 | |
 | GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead | older | $18.99 | 167 74% | 5.0k | $95k (exactly $95,140) | Daev Team |
 | W.A.N.D. Project | $9.99 | 172 68% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,548) | The Knights of Unity | |
 | MeowGun: Hell Denizen | $12.99 | 114 98% | 3.4k | $44k (exactly $44,426) | SusaDeBastet | |
 | Antivirus Girl | $7.99 | 169 88% | 5.1k | $41k (exactly $40,509) | Chowbie | |
 | TEXNOPLAZM | · EA | $15.99 | 65 98% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $31,180) | Mothership Loudspeakerz |
 | Letifer | $4.99 | 72 80% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $10,778) | Third Spirit Games | |
 | Luminaria: Dark Echoes | $9.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Enthariel Games | |
 | A Wild Last Boss Appeared! ~Black-Winged Survivor~ | $23.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $7.9k (exactly $7,917) | 株式会社ロケットスタジオ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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