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Should I ship a Hero Shooter Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Hero Shooter
Only 9 developers shipped a paid Hero Shooter Battle Royale 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, Iron Core: Mech Survivor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 29 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 10 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×2.7 the market's $1.3k for a 10 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $73k, ×55 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 29 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $9.7k (exactly $9,709) |
| Top 5% | $74k (exactly $73,814) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 41%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 16,289 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 5 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Combat RacingPoor odds
Comparable games
Friends vs Friends 2023 · $3.3M 
Deceive Inc. 2023 · $2.9M 
Iron Core: Mech Survivor 2025 · $74k 
Touhou Brawl 2026 · $14k 
Damsels in Distress 2025 · $9.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Friends vs Friends | older | $9.99 | 10,860 83% | 326k | $3.3M (exactly $3,254,742) | Brainwash Gang |
| | Deceive Inc. | older | $19.99 | 4,755 84% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) | Sweet Bandits Studios |
| | Iron Core: Mech Survivor | $6.99 | 352 73% | 11k | $74k (exactly $73,814) | Soda Game Studio | |
| | Touhou Brawl | $11.99 | 39 51% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | FIVE DUCK GAMES | |
| | Damsels in Distress | $8.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $9.7k (exactly $9,709) | Anime Mania | |
 | Elden Gunfire | older | $13.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $9.2k (exactly $9,233) | Amonga99 |
 | The Undisputables : Online Multiplayer Shooter | older | $12.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | Amonga99 |
 | HENTAI: MISSION BOMBASS | older | $1.99 | 100 94% | 3.0k | $6.0k (exactly $5,970) | Who We Are Games |
 | HENTAI: NAZI GIRL | older | $1.99 | 84 84% | 2.5k | $5.0k (exactly $5,015) | DarkLight Studio |
 | Dirtnap | · EA | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitr… (Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitroyale) |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Suds | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Honeybell Games |
 | Dungeons Bomb | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MARIOZY | |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z | |
 | Launching to Stop the Enemy's Final Fleet | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RDSOFT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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