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Should I ship a Shoot 'Em Up Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 7 developers shipped a Shoot 'Em Up 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, Quack Attack, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×7.8 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 $0 against a market of $1.3k. 31 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 5% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 10 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,087 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimFair
- + MysteryLong shot
- + LootPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
The Wraith of the Galaxy 2023 · EA · $58k 
Soul Saber 2 2017 · $54k 
universe treasure 2022 · $38k 
NEKO ARENA 2021 · $27k 
Quack Attack 2025 · $4.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
| | Soul Saber 2 | older | $9.99 | 180 59% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Yamadaya |
| | universe treasure | older | $13.99 | 91 58% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | モンスター研 |
| | NEKO ARENA | older | $1.99 | 444 83% | 13k | $27k (exactly $26,507) | Neko Cloud |
| | Quack Attack | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Illutrium | |
 | Catnight | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Rubber Croc |
 | Among Ass 2: Butt Warfare | older | $0.99 | 98 84% | 2.9k | $2.9k (exactly $2,911) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Hentai Angel: Smite the Nazis | older | $1.99 | 42 78% | 1.3k | $2.5k (exactly $2,507) | DarkLight Studio |
 | Trap Arena | older | $1.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $1.6k (exactly $1,612) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | QUICAL | older | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | sakastudio |
 | Suds | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Honeybell Games |
 | Dungeons Bomb | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MARIOZY | |
 | Robot Rampage | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Robert MacRae | |
 | GastroNomicon | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TH3 NΔKOMΔ PROTOCOL |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z | |
 | Top Down Battle Royale 2D | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shamrock Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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