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Should I ship a Perma Death Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Perma Death
Only 17 developers shipped a Perma Death 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, Battle Shapers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $730k, ×1175 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 25% | $136k (exactly $136,005) |
| Top 5% | $738k (exactly $737,705) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 10% fewer 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
- Perma Death
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boomer Shooter, Perma Death; all of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 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 88% positive over 4,845 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boomer Shooter with a different second tag, 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
Immortal Redneck 2017 · $1.3M 
Ziggurat 2 2021 · $969k 
MOTHERGUNSHIP 2018 · $816k 
Battle Shapers 2024 · $738k 
CRUEL 2025 · $544k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Immortal Redneck | older | $19.95 | 2,211 90% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,323,284) | Crema |
| | Ziggurat 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,292 90% | 39k | $969k (exactly $968,612) | Milkstone Studios |
| | MOTHERGUNSHIP | older | $24.99 | 1,088 77% | 33k | $816k (exactly $815,674) | Terrible Posture Games, Grip Digital |
| | Battle Shapers | $24.99 | 984 80% | 30k | $738k (exactly $737,705) | Metric Empire | |
| | CRUEL | $9.99 | 1,814 95% | 54k | $544k (exactly $543,656) | James Dornan | |
 | ODDCORE | · EA | $12.99 | 1,080 96% | 32k | $421k (exactly $420,876) | ODDCORP |
 | Heavy Bullets | older | $9.99 | 1,258 82% | 38k | $377k (exactly $377,023) | Terri Vellmann, Doseone |
 | Soulslinger: Envoy of Death | $19.99 | 472 63% | 14k | $283k (exactly $283,058) | Elder Games | |
 | Tower of Guns | older | $14.99 | 529 85% | 16k | $238k (exactly $237,891) | Terrible Posture Games |
 | Super 3-D Noah's Ark | older | $9.99 | 518 92% | 16k | $155k (exactly $155,245) | Wisdom Tree, Inc. |
 | Voidborn | $12.99 | 349 81% | 10k | $136k (exactly $136,005) | Xekvera | |
 | Gunstoppable | $12.49 | 58 81% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,733) | CAGE Studios | |
 | Seth | $12.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $14,029) | Chaotic Games | |
 | Cosmic Call | $9.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | CosmicDev | |
 | DOOM SPIRAL | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Forbidden Saucery | |
 | Night of the Dead Simulator | $7.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Unknown People Lab |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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