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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Procedural Generation
Of 61 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation Arena Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 119 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 119 games are announced against 36 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is down 90% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $21,557) |
| Top 5% | $446k (exactly $445,612) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 61 |
| Released games | 170 |
| Announced | 119 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Procedural Generation
- 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, Procedural Generation; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action Roguelike, Action, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.49 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.49 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 56,382 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 119 games are announced against 36 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025 · $18M 
VOID/BREAKER 2025 · EA · $2.3M 
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok 2024 · $1.9M 
Star of Providence 2017 · $1.4M 
Immortal Redneck 2017 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | $12.99 | 46,354 86% | 1.4M | $18M (exactly $18,064,154) | Funday Games | |
| | VOID/BREAKER | · EA | $29.99 | 2,506 91% | 75k | $2.3M (exactly $2,254,648) | Stubby Games |
| | Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok | older | $9.99 | 6,180 88% | 185k | $1.9M (exactly $1,852,146) | Noxfall Studios |
| | Star of Providence | older | $14.99 | 3,178 96% | 95k | $1.4M (exactly $1,429,147) | Team D-13 |
| | Immortal Redneck | older | $19.95 | 2,211 90% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,323,284) | Crema |
 | Ziggurat | older | $14.99 | 2,835 86% | 85k | $1.3M (exactly $1,274,900) | Milkstone Studios |
 | Ziggurat 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,292 90% | 39k | $969k (exactly $968,612) | Milkstone Studios |
 | Patch Quest | older | $14.99 | 2,058 94% | 62k | $925k (exactly $925,483) | Lychee Game Labs |
 | God Of Weapons | older | $5.99 | 4,807 84% | 144k | $864k (exactly $863,818) | Imagine Games |
 | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
 | FatalZone | $6.99 | 2,125 66% | 64k | $446k (exactly $445,612) | Midhard Games | |
 | Funguys Swarm | $9.99 | 1,114 89% | 33k | $334k (exactly $333,866) | Stairway Games | |
 | FROGGY HATES SNOW | $14.99 | 456 91% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | CRYING BRICK | |
 | Star Survivor | $4.99 | 540 67% | 16k | $81k (exactly $80,838) | SpaceOwl Games, Erabit | |
 | Ogre Chambers 2222 | $7.99 | 254 96% | 7.6k | $61k (exactly $60,884) | ANTENNA GAMES | |
 | Broventure: The Wild Co-op | $4.99 | 398 72% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | Alice Games | |
 | Survivor Mercs | $9.99 | 147 70% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,056) | Wolpertinger Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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