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Should I ship a Supernatural Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Supernatural
Only 14 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, Soulslinger: Envoy of Death, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $280k, ×451 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $283k (exactly $283,058) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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: 26%, 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
- Supernatural
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Boomer Shooter
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 536 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death 2025 · $283k 
Impaler Gold 2022 · $70k 
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker 2017 · $50k 
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH 2024 · $28k 
Fantasy Quest 2024 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Soulslinger: Envoy of Death | $19.99 | 472 63% | 14k | $283k (exactly $283,058) | Elder Games | |
| | Impaler Gold | older | $4.99 | 466 92% | 14k | $70k (exactly $69,760) | Apptivus |
| | Putrefaction 2: Void Walker | older | $4.99 | 331 77% | 9.9k | $50k (exactly $49,551) | Kazakov Oleg |
| | ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH | older | $5.99 | 154 80% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | jounitus |
| | Fantasy Quest | $49.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $15k (exactly $14,997) | Funbang | |
 | Mannequin | older | $9.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Fast Travel Games |
 | Lustborn | $16.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $6.6k (exactly $6,626) | ILBB | |
 | IDIOTIC (The Game) | older | $9.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Emanuel N.M |
 | Bane Murrain | · EA | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | CUPPAKILL |
 | DEMONOLITION | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | HEX512 | |
 | Demon Street | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Manycats Games | |
 | Devil's Derby | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Elliott Ayling | |
 | Brainrot Tung Tung Sahur | $1.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Onlygames S.R.L. | |
 | Doom of the Undying | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | ClawSea |
 | KGT: Kevin Got Teleported | · EA | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Marcel Klee |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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