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Should I ship a Board Game Shooter?
Shooter + Board Game
Only 6 developers shipped a Board Game Shooter 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, MagicCar of Delicious, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $140 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $135 (exactly $135) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
| Top 5% | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Board Game
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,701 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Just Die Already 2021 · $1.3M 
Akimbot 2024 · $456k 
MagicCar of Delicious 2025 · $7.8k 
Energy Island Corp. 2022 · $6.1k 
Checkmate Kings 2023 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Just Die Already | older | $14.99 | 2,791 84% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,255,113) | DoubleMoose Games |
| | Akimbot | older | $19.99 | 761 82% | 23k | $456k (exactly $456,372) | Evil Raptor |
| | MagicCar of Delicious | $9.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | YINGGUO GAME | |
| | Energy Island Corp. | older | $5.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | SpirkopGames |
| | Checkmate Kings | older | $9.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Monka Studios |
 | Chickens Madness | older | $7.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Vikong |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards | |
 | NaziShoot | older | $4.99 | 23 47% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | EcoShooter |
 | Wild Wild Chess | older | $1.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Minimol Games |
 | Videopac Collection 1 | older | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group |
 | Pistols at Dawn | $4.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $135 (exactly $135) | If True Then Run | |
 | The Madness of Billiards | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Julián David Rozo Montealegre | |
 | Mechanical Defense Line | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 零号 | |
 | Hanzi Bird | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FFSKYChocobo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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