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Should I ship an Asynchronous Multiplayer FPS?
FPS + Asynchronous Multiplayer
Only 6 developers shipped an Asynchronous Multiplayer FPS 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, Hoofobia, 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, ×20 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $7.2k against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) |
| Top 5% | $37k (exactly $37,327) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 85% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Asynchronous Multiplayer
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 3,838 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×20 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Meet Your Maker 2023 · $1.8M 
Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer 2019 · EA · $94k 
Hoofobia 2025 · $37k 
Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever 2021 · $37k 
PowerWash Adventure 2023 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Meet Your Maker | older | $19.99 | 3,013 73% | 90k | $1.8M (exactly $1,806,896) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. |
| | Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 89% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Kamyker |
| | Hoofobia | $6.99 | 178 68% | 5.3k | $37k (exactly $37,327) | Deathyell Games | |
| | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
| | PowerWash Adventure | older | $7.99 | 93 75% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,292) | Grass Digital Technology |
 | PowerWash Adventure VR | older | $6.99 | 90 74% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $18,873) | Grass Digital Technology |
 | United Assault - Battle of the Bulge | older | $14.99 | 34 44% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Polygon Art, Enigma Entertainment |
 | Mannequin | older | $9.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Fast Travel Games |
 | Shooting Arena VR | · EA older | $12.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Infinity Studio |
 | PaintBall War 2 | older | $3.99 | 91 50% | 2.7k | $11k (exactly $10,893) | ShadowWolf Games |
 | Erotic Rhythm | $3.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Shatterline | $9.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Frag Lab LLC | |
 | Imposters | $7.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Deathyell Games | |
 | World of PaintBall | $2.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Color Games | |
 | Boo! Hunt | · EA | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Deadsteel Studio |
 | Maniac: Hunt or Be Hunted | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | vindiem |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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