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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Dark Fantasy
Of 46 developers who shipped a Dark-Fantasy 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.. 68 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×7.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $1.9M, ×3163 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 68 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 25% | $89k (exactly $88,756) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $1,986,325) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 46 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 68 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Dark Fantasy
- 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; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 49,843 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 6 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 68 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boomer Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Co-opFair
- + WarFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + SurvivalLong shot
- + Hero ShooterLong shot
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
DOOM: The Dark Ages 2025 · $48M 
Mortal Sin 2025 · $4.2M 
AMID EVIL 2019 · $4.0M 
Forgive Me Father 2022 · $2.2M 
Beyond Citadel 2025 · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DOOM: The Dark Ages | $49.99 | 32,209 88% | 966k | $48M (exactly $48,303,837) | id Software | |
| | Mortal Sin | $24.99 | 5,583 94% | 167k | $4.2M (exactly $4,185,575) | Nikola Todorovic | |
| | AMID EVIL | older | $19.99 | 6,654 93% | 200k | $4.0M (exactly $3,990,404) | Indefatigable |
| | Forgive Me Father | older | $19.99 | 3,705 84% | 111k | $2.2M (exactly $2,221,888) | Byte Barrel |
| | Beyond Citadel | $14.99 | 4,417 96% | 133k | $2.0M (exactly $1,986,325) | doekuramori | |
 | Project Warlock | older | $12.00 | 4,691 87% | 141k | $1.7M (exactly $1,688,760) | Buckshot Software |
 | WRATH: Aeon of Ruin | older | $24.99 | 1,975 75% | 59k | $1.5M (exactly $1,480,658) | KillPixel Games, Slipgate Ironworks |
 | Mohrta | $19.99 | 1,482 91% | 44k | $889k (exactly $888,755) | Scumhead, Osiol | |
 | Heretic + Hexen | $14.99 | 1,789 95% | 54k | $805k (exactly $804,513) | id Software, Nightdive Studios | |
 | Hedon Bloodrite | older | $16.99 | 1,575 93% | 47k | $803k (exactly $802,777) | Zan_HedonDev |
 | Bloodshed | $12.99 | 1,824 84% | 55k | $711k (exactly $710,813) | com8com1 Software | |
 | Wizordum | $19.99 | 880 91% | 26k | $528k (exactly $527,736) | Emberheart Games | |
 | Soulslinger: Envoy of Death | $19.99 | 472 63% | 14k | $283k (exactly $283,058) | Elder Games | |
 | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
 | Voidborn | $12.99 | 349 81% | 10k | $136k (exactly $136,005) | Xekvera |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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