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Should I ship a Western Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Western
Only 11 developers shipped a Western 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, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $283k (exactly $283,058) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 110% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Western
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 730 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 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
Bounty of One 2023 · $576k 
Kill The Crows 2023 · $426k 
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death 2025 · $283k 
Sky Noon 2018 · $196k 
Golden Chambers 2025 · EA · $117k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bounty of One | older | $6.99 | 2,749 88% | 82k | $576k (exactly $576,465) | OptizOnion |
| | Kill The Crows | older | $4.99 | 2,848 95% | 85k | $426k (exactly $426,346) | 5minlab Corp. |
| | Soulslinger: Envoy of Death | $19.99 | 472 63% | 14k | $283k (exactly $283,058) | Elder Games | |
| | Sky Noon | older | $14.99 | 436 85% | 13k | $196k (exactly $196,069) | Lunar Rooster |
| | Golden Chambers | · EA | $19.99 | 195 80% | 5.9k | $117k (exactly $116,941) | Mr. Pink |
 | PolyClassic: Wild | older | $13.99 | 213 76% | 6.4k | $89k (exactly $89,396) | Quacky Games |
 | A Fistful of Gun | older | $9.99 | 137 59% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,059) | FarmerGnome |
 | Dick Wilde | older | $14.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Bolverk Games |
 | Midnight Ultra | older | $3.33 | 81 66% | 2.4k | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Forward Instinct |
 | Projectile Dysfunction | · EA older | $3.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | Tuckfard Games |
 | DEMONOLITION | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | HEX512 | |
 | Revolver Gambit | · EA | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Welch Antony |
 | Dracs After Dusk | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | OliveHillStudios | |
 | Red Tower | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Dream4team | |
 | Ricochet Rodeo | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Echidna Studios | |
 | Revolvermen | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Oskar Wetterbrandt | |
 | Corny Johnny | · EA | $10.00 | 2 100% | 60 | $600 (exactly $600) | DozBroz Studio |
 | Wicked West | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Maid Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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