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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Robot Boomer Shooter?

Boomer Shooter + Robots

Of 38 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 42 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $730k, ×1175 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 42 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 42 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Boomer Shooter + Robots
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 38
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $19k → $24k → $2.1k → $5.8k → $269 (still earning) → $598 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Boomer Shooter + Robots: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 38
Bottom 30% $598 (exactly $598)
Median $2.1k (exactly $2,098)
Top 25% $27k (exactly $26,673)
Top 5% $738k (exactly $737,705)
Developers, 2 yr 38
Released games 59
Announced 42
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 70% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Robots
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Boomer Shooter; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Shooter
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 5,446 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $2.1k, 1 in 4 over $26k, 1 in 20 over $730k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Boomer Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Co-opFair16 devs · median $6.9k · 24 announced
  2. + WarFair19 devs · median $5.9k · 22 announced
  3. + DemonsFair51 devs · median $3.6k · 56 announced
  4. + Bullet TimeFair30 devs · median $1.7k · 30 announced
  5. + Psychological HorrorFair24 devs · median $1.3k · 29 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair50 devs · median $659 · 47 announced
  7. + Bullet HellFair109 devs · median $599 · 77 announced
  8. + SpaceFair39 devs · median $539 · 43 announced
  9. + Survival HorrorFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  10. + SurvivalLong shot39 devs · median $359 · 32 announced
  11. + Hero ShooterLong shot30 devs · median $210 · 21 announced
  12. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds36 devs · median $12k · 52 announced

All 61 pairs on the Boomer Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

ULTRAKILL 2020 · EA · $192M MULLET MADJACK 2024 · $4.9M Hard Reset Extended Edition 2012 · $1.7M Overload 2018 · $1.5M METAL EDEN 2025 · $1.2M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
ULTRAKILL · EA older $29.99 213,450 97% 6.4M $192M (exactly $192,040,965) Arsi "Hakita" Patala
MULLET MADJACK older $19.99 8,235 97% 247k $4.9M (exactly $4,938,530) HAMMER95
Hard Reset Extended Edition older $14.99 3,764 81% 113k $1.7M (exactly $1,692,671) Flying Wild Hog
Overload older $29.99 1,649 94% 49k $1.5M (exactly $1,483,605) Revival Productions, LLC
METAL EDEN $19.99 1,920 84% 58k $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424) Reikon Games
Hard Reset Redux older $19.99 1,889 81% 57k $1.1M (exactly $1,132,833) Flying Wild Hog
ROBOBEAT older $19.99 1,708 94% 51k $1.0M (exactly $1,024,288) Simon Fredholm
Battle Shapers $24.99 984 80% 30k $738k (exactly $737,705) Metric Empire
Don't Stop, Girlypop! $19.99 518 83% 16k $311k (exactly $310,645) Funny Fintan Softworks
REAVER · EA older $13.99 539 87% 16k $226k (exactly $226,218) crunkz, Black Boat Games
BAIONLENJA · EA $12.99 510 97% 15k $199k (exactly $198,747) BAION
The Last Salvage Squad $9.99 510 98% 15k $153k (exactly $152,847) Sunfish Kumano
Desecrators $14.99 327 96% 9.8k $147k (exactly $147,052) Woodhound
Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion $9.99 353 93% 11k $106k (exactly $105,794) Bubby Darkstar
Galactic Vault $19.99 155 90% 4.7k $93k (exactly $92,954) MeepMeep Games
Mala Petaka $14.99 80 100% 2.4k $36k (exactly $35,976) Sanditio Bayu
Ctesiphon $9.99 89 93% 2.7k $27k (exactly $26,673) Stomy

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.