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Should I ship a Sci-fi Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Sci-fi
Only 10 developers shipped a paid Sci-fi 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, Wildgate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 68 more are announced, ×17 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $60 against a market of $1.3k. 68 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $4.5M (exactly $4,527,290) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 68 |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 47%, 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
- Sci-fi
- 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
The top 6 games average 77% positive over 5,082 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 68 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×17 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
Wildgate 2025 · $4.5M 
DEPLOYMENT 2018 · $428k 
SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 2023 · $223k 
Multiwinia 2008 · $147k 
The Wraith of the Galaxy 2023 · EA · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wildgate | $29.99 | 5,032 77% | 151k | $4.5M (exactly $4,527,290) | Moonshot Games | |
| | DEPLOYMENT | older | $14.99 | 951 85% | 29k | $428k (exactly $427,665) | Whale Rock Games |
| | SUPER BOMBERMAN R 2 | older | $49.99 | 149 53% | 4.5k | $223k (exactly $223,455) | KONAMI |
| | Multiwinia | older | $11.99 | 409 82% | 12k | $147k (exactly $147,117) | Introversion Software |
| | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
 | universe treasure | older | $13.99 | 91 58% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | モンスター研 |
 | Furry Arena [18+] | older | $1.99 | 599 64% | 18k | $36k (exactly $35,760) | Octo Games |
 | Fast Royal | $14.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | Edos Interactive | |
 | LASERS | older | $2.99 | 127 66% | 3.8k | $11k (exactly $11,392) | Straight Back Games |
 | A Summer with the Shiba Inu | older | $8.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | Quill Game Studios |
 | CRAST | $5.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Qazaq Games Studio | |
 | Bald Guys | · EA | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Kazooist LLC |
 | Skully Bunnies | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Chick Meow Studios |
 | Battle | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | DIG Games | |
 | Space Vortex | $25.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hosny | |
 | Resist Mutants | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WANG BAIMING | |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z | |
 | Skyliners | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Skeleton Arm Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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