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Should I ship a Bullet Time Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Bullet Time
Of 30 developers who shipped a Bullet Time Boomer Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 745% on the market; 30 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,688) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) |
| Top 5% | $136k (exactly $136,005) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 745% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boomer Shooter
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boomer Shooter, Bullet Time; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry FPS, Action, Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,546 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Boomer Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Co-opFair
- + WarFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + SurvivalLong shot
- + Hero ShooterLong shot
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Trepang2 2023 · $19M 
Boomerang X 2021 · $736k 
Dread Templar 2023 · $657k 
SPRAWL zero 2026 · $532k 
Neckbreak 2022 · $199k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trepang2 | older | $39.99 | 15,774 93% | 473k | $19M (exactly $18,924,068) | Trepang Studios |
| | Boomerang X | older | $19.99 | 1,228 95% | 37k | $736k (exactly $736,432) | DANG! |
| | Dread Templar | older | $19.99 | 1,096 82% | 33k | $657k (exactly $657,271) | T19 Games |
| | SPRAWL zero | $24.99 | 710 94% | 21k | $532k (exactly $532,287) | MAETH | |
| | Neckbreak | older | $15.99 | 415 79% | 12k | $199k (exactly $199,076) | MGP Studios, Solid9 Studio |
 | Warstride Challenges | older | $19.99 | 242 89% | 7.3k | $145k (exactly $145,127) | Dream Powered Games |
 | Voidborn | $12.99 | 349 81% | 10k | $136k (exactly $136,005) | Xekvera | |
 | Devilated | $19.99 | 163 85% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Trunka | |
 | UNYIELDER | $24.99 | 117 62% | 3.5k | $88k (exactly $87,715) | TrueWorld Studios | |
 | Zombie Shooting Star | older | $12.99 | 191 71% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,433) | Twins Halo |
 | Gunstoppable | $12.49 | 58 81% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,733) | CAGE Studios | |
 | Saloonery | $9.99 | 41 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | Bow Tie Cat Studios | |
 | ODDRooM | $14.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | TEAM ODD | |
 | Ash & Adam's GOBSMACKED | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Ash & Adam's Games | |
 | Death Delivery | · EA | $4.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | GogaGames. |
 | CYBER92 DATAWAR | $9.92 | 14 50% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,166) | Cyber92 Solo Developer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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