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Should I ship an Arena Shooter Souls-like?
Souls-like + Arena Shooter
Only 8 developers shipped an Arena Shooter Souls-like 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, ENCHAIN, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 5% | $56k (exactly $56,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,589 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
Frogmonster 2024 · $351k 
Obama Boss Fight 2021 · $57k 
ENCHAIN 2026 · EA · $56k 
Skibidi Toilet Hero 2023 · $40k 
Ball-it Hell 2024 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Frogmonster | older | $19.99 | 585 96% | 18k | $351k (exactly $350,824) | Ben Jungwirth |
| | Obama Boss Fight | older | $2.99 | 640 95% | 19k | $57k (exactly $57,408) | xXx_Skipper_xXx |
| | ENCHAIN | · EA | $19.99 | 94 96% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | mattlawrdev |
| | Skibidi Toilet Hero | older | $1.89 | 704 86% | 21k | $40k (exactly $39,917) | Skibidi Toilet Games |
| | Ball-it Hell | older | $2.99 | 368 95% | 11k | $33k (exactly $33,010) | Jamesika |
 | Hitler Hates Anime | older | $1.99 | 463 93% | 14k | $28k (exactly $27,641) | PaulArt |
 | Femboy Aim Trainer | older | $0.99 | 693 92% | 21k | $21k (exactly $20,582) | Seito Games |
 | Virus Rush + Hazard of the Ages | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | STRANGER | |
 | Meat Fest | $9.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Egor Gritsenko | |
 | GameDev Trash | · EA older | $6.00 | 18 66% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,240) | Extela Games |
 | Demon Street | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Manycats Games | |
 | Dump of the Dead X | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Drop_Dead_Fred | |
 | Dracs After Dusk | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | OliveHillStudios | |
 | No Friends Space | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Scalions Studios | |
 | lone shadow | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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