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Should I ship an Assassin Combat game?
Combat + Assassins
Of 27 developers who shipped an Assassin Combat game 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.. 84 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 84 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper, while revenue is up 515% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $480 (exactly $480) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,826) |
| Top 5% | $48M (exactly $47,965,604) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 127 |
| Announced | 84 |
| 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 up 515% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Combat; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 62,217 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 84 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Real-Time with PauseStrong odds
- + 4XFair
- + TypingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + SnowFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Match 3Long shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Political SimPoor odds
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
Comparable games
Assassin’s Creed Shadows 2025 · $73M 
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced 2026 · $48M 
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 2021 · $15M 
Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition 2008 · $14M 
Partisans 1941 2020 · $6.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Assassin’s Creed Shadows | $69.99 | 34,953 75% | 1.0M | $73M (exactly $73,390,814) | Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Bucharest & Craiova, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Osaka, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Ukraine) | |
| | Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | $59.99 | 26,652 81% | 800k | $48M (exactly $47,965,604) | Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, U… (Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Romania) | |
| | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 | older | $39.99 | 12,781 83% | 383k | $15M (exactly $15,333,366) | CI Games |
| | Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition | older | $19.99 | 23,875 80% | 716k | $14M (exactly $14,317,837) | Ubisoft Montreal |
| | Partisans 1941 | older | $29.99 | 7,531 82% | 226k | $6.8M (exactly $6,775,641) | Alter Games |
 | Aragami 2 | older | $34.99 | 3,472 76% | 104k | $3.6M (exactly $3,644,558) | Lince Works |
 | Intravenous | older | $19.99 | 2,872 91% | 86k | $1.7M (exactly $1,722,338) | Explosive Squat Games |
 | No More Heroes | older | $19.99 | 2,264 84% | 68k | $1.4M (exactly $1,357,721) | GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. |
 | Disney•Pixar Cars | older | $19.99 | 1,940 89% | 58k | $1.2M (exactly $1,163,418) | Beenox |
 | Endorphin Vice | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,436 56% | 103k | $1.0M (exactly $1,029,769) | Endorphin Studios |
 | Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow | $19.99 | 340 75% | 10k | $204k (exactly $203,898) | Maze Theory | |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City | $24.99 | 105 76% | 3.2k | $79k (exactly $78,718) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | Oxide Room 208 | $29.99 | 22 31% | 660 | $20k (exactly $19,793) | WildSphere | |
 | Red Tears: Angola | · EA | $14.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,538) | Arun Haines |
 | Samurai: Ronin's Path | $4.99 | 79 56% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | GameHunters | |
 | Project Chameleon | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Anonymous King | |
 | UNPLUG - The Game | · EA | $10.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | GoldLime Studios |
 | Assassin's Shadows | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Noxurtica |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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