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Should I ship an Arena Shooter MOBA?
MOBA + Arena Shooter
Only 9 developers shipped a paid Arena Shooter MOBA 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, Last Flag, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 43 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $1.3k. 43 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $225 (exactly $225) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,594) |
| Top 5% | $86k (exactly $86,227) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 800% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 55%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Arena Shooter
- 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 $5.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 1,638 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $230. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
Monday Night Combat 2011 · $137k 
Last Flag 2026 · $86k 
FMTC 2025 · $16k 
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights 2025 · $13k 
BLOCKED ZONA 2022 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Monday Night Combat | older | $4.99 | 912 81% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,526) | Uber Entertainment |
| | Last Flag | $4.99 | 576 73% | 17k | $86k (exactly $86,227) | Night Street Games | |
| | FMTC | $7.00 | 75 78% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $15,750) | FMTC | |
| | Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Gunpowder Games, Focuspoint Studios | |
| | BLOCKED ZONA | older | $19.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Nikita Morti |
 | Sentry:Obelisk Of Dawn | older | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Guangzhou NineD Digital Technology Co.,… (Guangzhou NineD Digital Technology Co.,Ltd) |
 | WizardPunk | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | City Wizard Games |
 | Harpoon Arena | $5.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | FairGoose | |
 | Sky Captain's Return | older | $10.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | Pixeltale Motion |
 | Append | older | $4.95 | 3 100% | 90 | $446 (exactly $446) | FreezeLance AB |
 | Fireworks-Bomb-GoodFriends | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | MentalHospital | |
 | Attack on Steel | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Filet Studio | |
 | FastMoBa | $2.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $225 (exactly $225) | Nguyen Thanh Chinh | |
 | KunlunWonderland | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | He WenYuan | |
 | Squad Raid | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chen Jie |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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