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Boomer Shooter + Roguelike
Of 50 developers who shipped a Roguelike 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.. 74 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $870k, ×1390 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 74 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,575) |
| Top 25% | $70k (exactly $69,987) |
| Top 5% | $873k (exactly $872,868) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 50 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 74 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Roguelike
- 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, Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 22,757 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 6 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 74 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020 · $5.8M 
Mortal Sin 2025 · $4.2M 
Project Warlock 2018 · $1.7M 
Immortal Redneck 2017 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
| | BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE | older | $19.99 | 9,598 91% | 288k | $5.8M (exactly $5,755,921) | Awe Interactive |
| | Mortal Sin | $24.99 | 5,583 94% | 167k | $4.2M (exactly $4,185,575) | Nikola Todorovic | |
| | Project Warlock | older | $12.00 | 4,691 87% | 141k | $1.7M (exactly $1,688,760) | Buckshot Software |
| | Immortal Redneck | older | $19.95 | 2,211 90% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,323,284) | Crema |
 | COMPOUND | older | $19.99 | 2,057 97% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,233,583) | Bevan McKechnie |
 | ROBOBEAT | older | $19.99 | 1,708 94% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,024,288) | Simon Fredholm |
 | Ziggurat 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,292 90% | 39k | $969k (exactly $968,612) | Milkstone Studios |
 | Vampire Hunters | $14.99 | 1,941 89% | 58k | $873k (exactly $872,868) | Gamecraft 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 |
 | Serious Sam: Shatterverse | $19.99 | 648 50% | 19k | $389k (exactly $388,606) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. | |
 | Soulslinger: Envoy of Death | $19.99 | 472 63% | 14k | $283k (exactly $283,058) | Elder Games | |
 | Desecrators | $14.99 | 327 96% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | Woodhound | |
 | Holy Shoot | $12.99 | 267 78% | 8.0k | $104k (exactly $104,050) | Tale Era Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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