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Should I ship a Medieval Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Medieval
Only 17 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Wizordum, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper, while revenue is up 190% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
| Top 5% | $528k (exactly $527,736) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 190% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Medieval
- 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 Action, Combat, FPS
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 999 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 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
Wizordum 2025 · $528k 
AMID EVIL VR 2023 · $157k 
Herald of Havoc 2023 · $134k 
Caesar's Revenge 2024 · $33k 
REKKR: Sunken Land 2021 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wizordum | $19.99 | 880 91% | 26k | $528k (exactly $527,736) | Emberheart Games | |
| | AMID EVIL VR | older | $19.99 | 262 88% | 7.9k | $157k (exactly $157,121) | Indefatigable, Noah Rayburn, Andre Elij… (Indefatigable, Noah Rayburn, Andre Elijah Immersive) |
| | Herald of Havoc | older | $16.99 | 262 96% | 7.9k | $134k (exactly $133,541) | Zeldars Zone |
| | Caesar's Revenge | older | $13.50 | 82 85% | 2.5k | $33k (exactly $33,210) | Pixel Barons |
| | REKKR: Sunken Land | older | $5.99 | 119 89% | 3.6k | $21k (exactly $21,384) | Mockingbird Softworks |
 | Tale of the Bullet Knight | · EA | $15.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | JAKALWIZARDSTUDIO |
 | Witch Rise | older | $6.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | lightUP |
 | Reincarnation Galgame Become Heroine! | $4.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Crazy Slime | |
 | The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki - Fancy Edition | $5.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Jordan Freeman Group, Future Visionary,… (Jordan Freeman Group, Future Visionary, Maelstorm Software) | |
 | Runeblight | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Zero Percent Juice |
 | Vampire Pumpkin Plot | $10.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | JOESAM GAMES | |
 | Hideous | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Yogurt Studio | |
 | FastShoot | $0.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Fleer Art Studio, L1as | |
 | Paper Cannon | $1.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Enter the Game Studios | |
 | Sweet Slave | $1.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | King Kong |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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