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Should I ship a Platformer Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Platformer
Of 23 developers who shipped a Platformer 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.. 37 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $720k, ×1149 the market median. Revenue is up 315% on the market; 37 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,575) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,279) |
| Top 5% | $722k (exactly $721,579) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 37 |
| 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 up 315% on the market, supply 90% 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
- Platformer
- 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, Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 3D Platformer, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 3,199 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Turok 2015 · $2.0M 
Luna Abyss 2026 · $830k 
Onirism 2025 · $722k 
BAIONLENJA 2025 · EA · $199k 
Zombie Shooting Star 2022 · $74k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Turok | older | $19.99 | 3,377 93% | 101k | $2.0M (exactly $2,025,187) | Iguana Entertainment, Nightdive Studios |
| | Luna Abyss | $29.99 | 923 86% | 28k | $830k (exactly $830,423) | Kwalee Labs | |
| | Onirism | $17.99 | 1,337 82% | 40k | $722k (exactly $721,579) | Crimson Tales | |
| | BAIONLENJA | · EA | $12.99 | 510 97% | 15k | $199k (exactly $198,747) | BAION |
| | Zombie Shooting Star | older | $12.99 | 191 71% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,433) | Twins Halo |
 | ENCHAIN | · EA | $19.99 | 94 96% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | mattlawrdev |
 | Future Knight | $14.99 | 115 98% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | Studio Koba, Aeternum Game Studios | |
 | METAL SUITS: Counter-attack | $9.99 | 71 77% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $21,279) | Gonggamore Contents | |
 | DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER | · EA older | $7.99 | 83 75% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,895) | Bashir "ManliestDev" Kashalo |
 | 宗门最后的长老 | $2.99 | 99 96% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | KUMA studio | |
 | ALARIC | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Dominik Grigoras | |
 | Enigmatic Worlds | $11.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) | Logic Obscure Productions | |
 | Dirtnap | · EA | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitr… (Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitroyale) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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