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Should I ship a Gothic Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Gothic
Only 13 developers shipped a Gothic Boomer 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, Painkiller, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 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 $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2084 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Gothic
- 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
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,790 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 9 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
Painkiller 2025 · $1.3M 
Heretic + Hexen 2025 · $805k 
Painkiller: Black Edition 2007 · $578k 
Brush Burial: Gutter World 2025 · $251k 
HeXen II 2007 · $87k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Painkiller | $39.99 | 1,091 54% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) | Anshar Studios | |
| | Heretic + Hexen | $14.99 | 1,789 95% | 54k | $805k (exactly $804,513) | id Software, Nightdive Studios | |
| | Painkiller: Black Edition | older | $9.99 | 1,928 89% | 58k | $578k (exactly $577,822) | People Can Fly |
| | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
| | HeXen II | older | $4.99 | 581 77% | 17k | $87k (exactly $86,976) | Raven Software |
 | Diluvian Ultra | older | $9.99 | 152 71% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Cresthelm Studios |
 | CROSSBOW: Bloodnight | older | $2.99 | 376 74% | 11k | $34k (exactly $33,727) | Hyperstrange |
 | REVEREND | older | $2.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $17k (exactly $17,312) | Twisted Sickle |
 | MEAT 2 | · EA | $14.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Trippin Bears |
 | CASTILLO: The Nine Circles | older | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Jackson Clayton |
 | CrimSaw | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SkyBrave | |
 | Runeblight | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Zero Percent Juice |
 | VILE | $5.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Moonbit | |
 | Vampire Pumpkin Plot | $10.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | JOESAM GAMES | |
 | Devil's Derby | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Elliott Ayling | |
 | Sacrificio | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Pulp Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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