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Should I ship a Boomer Shooter RPG?
RPG + Boomer Shooter
Of 35 developers who shipped a Boomer Shooter RPG 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.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 19 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,337) |
| Top 5% | $4.2M (exactly $4,185,575) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 320% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Boomer Shooter
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG, Boomer Shooter; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry FPS, Action, Shooter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric, 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 89% positive over 19,679 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
Mortal Sin 2025 · $4.2M 
Project Warlock 2018 · $1.7M 
Vampire Hunters 2024 · $873k 
Heretic + Hexen 2025 · $805k | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Vampire Hunters | $14.99 | 1,941 89% | 58k | $873k (exactly $872,868) | Gamecraft Studios | |
| | Heretic + Hexen | $14.99 | 1,789 95% | 54k | $805k (exactly $804,513) | id Software, Nightdive Studios | |
 | Fog of War | older | $8.99 | 686 46% | 21k | $185k (exactly $185,014) | Monkeys Lab. |
 | Daikatana | older | $6.99 | 806 58% | 24k | $169k (exactly $169,018) | Ion Storm |
 | Strife: Veteran Edition | older | $9.99 | 475 90% | 14k | $142k (exactly $142,358) | Rogue Entertainment |
 | Golden Chambers | · EA | $19.99 | 195 80% | 5.9k | $117k (exactly $116,941) | Mr. Pink |
 | UNYIELDER | $24.99 | 117 62% | 3.5k | $88k (exactly $87,715) | TrueWorld Studios | |
 | HYPERVIOLENT | $14.99 | 156 67% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | nfoPRINCE, Terminist Arcade | |
 | Second Sun | $19.99 | 115 69% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Grey Wolf Entertainment | |
 | Cyberscape | $14.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $19,337) | AtomicTorch Studio | |
 | 宗门最后的长老 | $2.99 | 99 96% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | KUMA studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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