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Should I ship an Idler Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Idler
Only 11 developers shipped an Idler 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, Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×200 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $807 (exactly $807) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) |
| Top 5% | $125k (exactly $125,431) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 75% 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
- Idler
- effort 1 / 10 · high · number growth curves and a UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Idler
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 950 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 12 games are announced against 7 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
Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite 2025 · $125k 
Federation77 2022 · $29k 
Mining Survivors 2025 · $20k 
USA 2020 2018 · $14k 
Dead City 2023 · EA · $6.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite | $5.99 | 698 83% | 21k | $125k (exactly $125,431) | RyanJakob | |
| | Federation77 | older | $9.99 | 96 78% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | MIROWIN |
| | Mining Survivors | $4.99 | 132 74% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,760) | Wonderbounce Games | |
| | USA 2020 | older | $1.89 | 244 78% | 7.3k | $14k (exactly $13,835) | GAMES FOR HUMANS |
| | Dead City | · EA older | $6.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) | Novalink |
 | Call of Coronga | older | $3.99 | 44 65% | 1.3k | $5.3k (exactly $5,267) | Luiz Felipe Da Silva Marian |
 | GRING×GRIND | $4.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Lola Fisher | |
 | Dune Rancher | $2.99 | 39 76% | 1.2k | $3.5k (exactly $3,498) | Jestercraft | |
 | Exodus: Creepy Time | older | $7.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | HugePixel |
 | Aconite | older | $3.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | theNeko |
 | Bullet Head | $2.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Warkuda | |
 | Forest | $3.99 | 10 0% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Ihor Lema | |
 | Octogun - Idle | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Ivy Leaf | |
 | Wake the Beacon | $2.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | NovaScreen | |
 | Desktop Waifu Defender | $0.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $297 (exactly $297) | nordska | |
 | Glass Monsters | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | SMAR Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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