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Should I ship a Modern-Day Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Modern
Only 11 developers shipped a paid Modern-Day 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, Red Crucible Assault, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 28 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 41%, 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
- Modern
- 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
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 85% positive over 27 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 28 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 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
Fashion Police Squad 2022 · $523k 
Vengeance 2020 · $76k 
Obama Boss Fight 2021 · $57k 
Deputinization 2023 · $8.1k 
Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter 2021 · $6.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fashion Police Squad | older | $19.99 | 872 90% | 26k | $523k (exactly $522,938) | Mopeful Games |
| | Vengeance | older | $7.99 | 318 76% | 9.5k | $76k (exactly $76,225) | 314 Arts |
| | Obama Boss Fight | older | $2.99 | 640 95% | 19k | $57k (exactly $57,408) | xXx_Skipper_xXx |
| | Deputinization | older | $5.97 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $8.1k (exactly $8,060) | Myttsi Zabav |
| | Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter | older | $4.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Sensen Games |
 | Dead City | · EA older | $6.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $6.1k (exactly $6,081) | Novalink |
 | Death Elevator | older | $7.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Games From The Abyss |
 | DSY: Don't Shoot Yourself | older | $4.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Silverware Games, Inc. |
 | Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner | older | $4.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Sensen Games |
 | Red Crucible Assault | · EA | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Massive Head Games |
 | MiniWarfare | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | BajaStorm |
 | LeadCount | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | HAKDU | |
 | Untergrund Raceways - Arena | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Vantech Studios | |
 | Soul Machine | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Zanarka Studio | |
 | Shadow of Juarez | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Shadowline | |
 | Night Drone | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | ARTGame |
 | Lucky Pikinini - Advanced Killer Cyborg | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lucky Pikinini | |
 | Vladimir | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Miracle scape | |
 | Battleship 2 | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Priyam Jain, Matthew Lalande |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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