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Should I ship a Swordplay Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Swordplay
Only 6 developers shipped a Swordplay 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, Project: KNOSSOS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×13 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $270 against a market of $630. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $267 (exactly $267) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than 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
- Swordplay
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Swordplay
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 652 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×13 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
Saber Fight VR 2020 · $73k 
Diatomic 2024 · $40k 
Astro Duel 2 2024 · $35k 
Arena: Blood on the Sand VR 2017 · $10k 
FLASH OF THE BLADE X 2024 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Saber Fight VR | older | $14.99 | 162 65% | 4.9k | $73k (exactly $72,851) | Saber Fight VR |
| | Diatomic | older | $9.99 | 135 76% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | Diatomic Studios |
| | Astro Duel 2 | older | $19.99 | 59 100% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $35,382) | Rusty Moyher |
| | Arena: Blood on the Sand VR | older | $4.99 | 67 64% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,030) | Random Bird Studio |
| | FLASH OF THE BLADE X | older | $2.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $6.6k (exactly $6,638) | DOSMan Games |
 | Akuto: Showdown | older | $7.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Hut 90 |
 | Idol VS Furries | older | $1.99 | 64 82% | 1.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,821) | SeedWall |
 | Frenzy Extinction | older | $11.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Innoverse Ltd |
 | Jogward | older | $2.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $3.3k (exactly $3,319) | MorkPuncher |
 | Lawbringer | older | $3.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) | Entropic Island |
 | Project: KNOSSOS | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Ancient Pixel | |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Deadcave | $0.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $267 (exactly $267) | cnsmini | |
 | 1v1 Me | $3.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | A3 Industries, David Henry | |
 | Fighting Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Deep Water Depth Studios |
 | Wisp Gunner | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 000ghost |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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