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Should I ship a Logic Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Logic
Only 10 developers shipped a Logic 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, Glyphica: Typing Survival, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $999 (exactly $999) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $746k (exactly $745,654) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Strategy, Arcade
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Pixel Graphics, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 2,636 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.0k. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 4 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
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k 
Nurose 2022 · EA · $27k 
Ooglians 2022 · EA · $14k 
Deadblast 2023 · $4.5k 
Glass Cannon 2025 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
| | Nurose | · EA older | $9.99 | 90 87% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Orongto |
| | Ooglians | · EA older | $1.99 | 234 63% | 7.0k | $14k (exactly $13,970) | Simon Bäckström |
| | Deadblast | older | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Gamesforgames |
| | Glass Cannon | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | LisiSoft | |
 | Difficult times 2 | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Skuf vs beer bottle party | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Terranny | · EA older | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Terranos Engineering |
 | Revolver Gambit | · EA | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Welch Antony |
 | Pulslink | $6.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | FatCoke | |
 | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | hazard versus | $3.33 | 10 80% | 300 | $999 (exactly $999) | not mario | |
 | TANKEGEDDON! | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Inferno Duck Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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