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Should I ship a Dystopian Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Dystopian
Of 22 developers who shipped a Dystopian 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.. 45 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.7k, ×5.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $49k, ×79 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 45 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.7k (exactly $3,678) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,192) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $49,917) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 45 |
| 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 up 40% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boomer Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry FPS, Action, Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Pixel Graphics, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,284 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 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
Hard Reset Extended Edition 2012 · $1.7M 
SPRAWL 2023 · $882k 
SPRAWL zero 2026 · $532k 
SharpShooter3D 2023 · $445k 
Extraneum 2024 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hard Reset Extended Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,764 81% | 113k | $1.7M (exactly $1,692,671) | Flying Wild Hog |
| | SPRAWL | older | $14.99 | 1,961 87% | 59k | $882k (exactly $881,862) | MAETH |
| | SPRAWL zero | $24.99 | 710 94% | 21k | $532k (exactly $532,287) | MAETH | |
| | SharpShooter3D | older | $6.99 | 2,122 95% | 64k | $445k (exactly $444,983) | HeadHunters games |
| | Extraneum | $14.99 | 111 94% | 3.3k | $50k (exactly $49,917) | David Jalbert | |
 | Diluvian Ultra | older | $9.99 | 152 71% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Cresthelm Studios |
 | CyberTaxi: Lunatic Nights | · EA | $13.99 | 68 55% | 2.0k | $29k (exactly $28,540) | Hed Media Games |
 | Cyberscape | $14.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $19,337) | AtomicTorch Studio | |
 | hate.net | $4.99 | 120 95% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $17,964) | bonitāka | |
 | Rebel Engine | $19.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Seven Leaf Clover | |
 | LUCKROT | $4.99 | 104 91% | 3.1k | $16k (exactly $15,569) | OptiCube | |
 | Abyss Veil | · EA | $6.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,743) | Zorrio |
 | ALARIC | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Dominik Grigoras | |
 | Death Delivery | · EA | $4.99 | 31 74% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | GogaGames. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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