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Should I ship an On-Rails Shooter Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + On-Rails Shooter
Only 10 developers shipped an On-Rails Shooter 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, DOGENSTEIN, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $21k, ×35 the market median. Revenue is up 1395% on the market; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $21,856) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 1395% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- On-Rails Shooter
- 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, On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 227 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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
- + RPGPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
Comparable games
DOGENSTEIN 2026 · $22k 
Dick Wilde 2017 · $16k 
Void Source 2020 · $14k 
69 Ways to Kill a Zombie 2017 · $10k 
Moorhuhn 2 2025 · $4.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DOGENSTEIN | $4.99 | 146 73% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Marc Leclerc | |
| | Dick Wilde | older | $14.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Bolverk Games |
| | Void Source | older | $4.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,772) | Xitilon, Lovixsama |
| | 69 Ways to Kill a Zombie | older | $4.99 | 70 64% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Wadup Games |
| | Moorhuhn 2 | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Smokyflex | older | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Gamesforgames |
 | Woeful Woebots | older | $9.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Hello Bard AS |
 | Sheriff Exam | older | $7.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | ITC Studio |
 | Defentron | older | $9.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Planetfall Studios |
 | Aconite | older | $3.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | theNeko |
 | Sugar Mess - Let's Play Jolly Battle | $14.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | JollyCo | |
 | Cyborg: Rise | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | fish world | |
 | Moorhuhn Winter Edition | $4.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Echo Wars - Road Rage | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Ivanovich Games | |
 | Medieval Archer Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Bulletball | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Crosscades | |
 | Let it ride! | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Retro Decadance | |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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