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Should I ship a Modern-Day Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Modern
Only 4 developers shipped a paid Modern-Day Battle Royale in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 8 did: 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.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 9 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $550k against a market of $1.3k. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $36k (exactly $35,760) |
| Top 25% | $78M (exactly $77,799,231) |
| Top 5% | $620M (exactly $620,339,567) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 44%, 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
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 9 games average 65% positive over 340,539 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Battlefield™ 6 2025 · $620M 
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2023 · $78M 
Last Remains 2025 · EA · $548k 
Who's Who? 2022 · $52k 
Furry Arena [18+] 2022 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield™ 6 | $69.99 | 295,442 63% | 8.9M | $620M (exactly $620,339,567) | Battlefield Studios | |
| | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® | older | $59.99 | 43,229 79% | 1.3M | $78M (exactly $77,799,231) | Infinity Ward, Beenox, High Moon Studio… (Infinity Ward, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Raven Software) |
| | Last Remains | · EA | $19.99 | 914 51% | 27k | $548k (exactly $548,126) | Earn Alliance |
| | Who's Who? | older | $4.99 | 350 75% | 11k | $52k (exactly $52,395) | G1 Playground |
| | Furry Arena [18+] | older | $1.99 | 599 64% | 18k | $36k (exactly $35,760) | Octo Games |
 | Dig Deep: Race To The Core! | older | $19.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Deluded Inc |
 | Royale Battle: Warzone | older | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | InScienceGames, Matt Scala |
 | Dangerous FightCIA | older | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | SHM, CIA_inc, CIA INC |
 | Glass Bridge | older | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 李子卫 |
 | BlastLast | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexoid Studio | |
 | Trail Racer | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seoul Season | |
 | Powerjackers - VR Superhero Battle Royale | older | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Robert Hendry Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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