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Should I ship a Level Editor Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Level Editor
Only 8 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, UBERSLAUGHTER, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,184) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 2585% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Level Editor
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 42,059 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 28 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
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
DUSK 2018 · $13M 
Prodeus 2022 · $4.1M 
Fallen Aces 2024 · EA · $3.0M 
Ratz Instagib 2016 · $682k 
Murder Miners 2014 · $356k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DUSK | older | $19.99 | 22,073 97% | 662k | $13M (exactly $13,237,178) | David Szymanski |
| | Prodeus | older | $24.99 | 5,505 92% | 165k | $4.1M (exactly $4,127,098) | Bounding Box Software Inc. |
| | Fallen Aces | · EA older | $14.99 | 6,608 96% | 198k | $3.0M (exactly $2,971,618) | Trey Powell, Jason Bond |
| | Ratz Instagib | older | $8.99 | 2,529 90% | 76k | $682k (exactly $682,071) | Lino Slahuschek |
| | Murder Miners | older | $2.99 | 3,965 87% | 119k | $356k (exactly $355,660) | JForce Games |
 | ShootMania Storm | older | $19.99 | 587 84% | 18k | $352k (exactly $352,024) | Nadeo |
 | Drunken Robot Pornography | older | $14.99 | 489 83% | 15k | $220k (exactly $219,903) | Dejobaan Games, LLC |
 | Soundodger 2 | older | $19.99 | 185 95% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | Studio Bean |
 | Toy Tanks | older | $9.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Fuzzy Sock Studios |
 | UBERSLAUGHTER | $9.99 | 54 87% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | BillyBobCletus | |
 | SkillWarz | · EA | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Baltverge Games |
 | Stickforge | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Noldo | |
 | Blocks and Bones | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | HawkSandwich | |
 | Zombolion | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | SP games | |
 | KunlunWonderland | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | He WenYuan | |
 | Tank Busters | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | tankotableat |
 | Ripper | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Unheard Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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