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Should I ship a Gothic Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Gothic
Only 8 developers shipped a Gothic 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, Black Dragon Mage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
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 $1.4k against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $8.8k (exactly $8,832) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $25,158) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Gothic
- 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
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,838 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 per shipper.
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
Painkiller: Black Edition 2007 · $578k 
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight 2020 · $34k 
DOOMBRINGER 2021 · EA · $27k 
Black Dragon Mage 2024 · EA · $25k 
Nix Umbra 2021 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Painkiller: Black Edition | older | $9.99 | 1,928 89% | 58k | $578k (exactly $577,822) | People Can Fly |
| | CROSSBOW: Bloodnight | older | $2.99 | 376 74% | 11k | $34k (exactly $33,727) | Hyperstrange |
| | DOOMBRINGER | · EA older | $14.99 | 60 78% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | Anomic Games |
| | Black Dragon Mage | · EA | $5.99 | 140 70% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $25,158) | datablob |
| | Nix Umbra | older | $9.99 | 76 84% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | ilzard |
 | Vampire Slayer: The Resurrection | older | $4.99 | 78 65% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,677) | Wobbly Tooth |
 | Boons & Burdens | older | $4.99 | 75 69% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,228) | FromLefcourt |
 | NightMare King | $4.99 | 59 83% | 1.8k | $8.8k (exactly $8,832) | Starmoon Cat | |
 | CASTILLO: The Nine Circles | older | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Jackson Clayton |
 | CrimSaw | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SkyBrave | |
 | Red Tower | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Dream4team | |
 | Bearly Alive | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Falling Light | |
 | Devil's Derby | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Elliott Ayling | |
 | Doom of the Undying | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | ClawSea |
 | Steeled | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Navid M. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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