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Should I ship a Lovecraftian Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Lovecraftian
Only 12 developers shipped a Lovecraftian 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, Forgive Me Father 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.1k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1791 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 25% | $70k (exactly $70,153) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,124,550) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 60% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Lovecraftian
- 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
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,430 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
DUSK 2018 · $13M 
CULTIC 2022 · $2.4M 
Forgive Me Father 2022 · $2.2M 
Forgive Me Father 2 2024 · $1.1M 
Viscerafest 2025 · $324k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DUSK | older | $19.99 | 22,073 97% | 662k | $13M (exactly $13,237,178) | David Szymanski |
| | CULTIC | older | $9.99 | 8,027 97% | 241k | $2.4M (exactly $2,405,692) | Jasozz Games |
| | Forgive Me Father | older | $19.99 | 3,705 84% | 111k | $2.2M (exactly $2,221,888) | Byte Barrel |
| | Forgive Me Father 2 | $24.99 | 1,500 81% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,124,550) | Byte Barrel | |
| | Viscerafest | $19.99 | 540 87% | 16k | $324k (exactly $323,838) | Acid Man Games, Fire Plant Games | |
 | KINGDOM of the DEAD | older | $14.99 | 329 78% | 9.9k | $148k (exactly $147,951) | DIRIGO GAMES |
 | HYPERVIOLENT | $14.99 | 156 67% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | nfoPRINCE, Terminist Arcade | |
 | Monument | older | $1.99 | 825 74% | 25k | $49k (exactly $49,252) | Andrei Ivashentsev |
 | Paradox Vector | older | $9.99 | 59 83% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Schmidt Workshops |
 | REVEREND | older | $2.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $17k (exactly $17,312) | Twisted Sickle |
 | Cosmic Call | $9.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | CosmicDev | |
 | Quartermain and the Cult of Cthulhu | $2.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,252) | ThePrinceOfMars | |
 | It Consumes | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Sublexical | |
 | Toyful Wonderworld | $4.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Cody Blate | |
 | CrimSaw | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SkyBrave | |
 | Conviction | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | J-Bradford | |
 | Devil's Desk | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Dandy Dog |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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