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Shooter + Boomer Shooter
Of 366 developers who shipped a Boomer Shooter 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.. 486 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $620k, ×1001 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 486 games are announced against 209 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,594) |
| Top 5% | $628k (exactly $628,460) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 366 |
| Released games | 709 |
| Announced | 486 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- 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
- Shooter, Boomer Shooter; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Combat
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 77,293 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 194 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 486 games are announced against 209 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
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Comparable games
ULTRAKILL 2020 · EA · $192M 
DOOM Eternal 2020 · $169M 
DOOM 2016 · $93M 
DOOM: The Dark Ages 2025 · $48M 
Trepang2 2023 · $19M | 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 |
| | DOOM Eternal | older | $29.99 | 187,483 91% | 5.6M | $169M (exactly $168,678,455) | id Software |
| | DOOM | older | $19.99 | 155,340 95% | 4.7M | $93M (exactly $93,157,398) | id Software |
| | DOOM: The Dark Ages | $49.99 | 32,209 88% | 966k | $48M (exactly $48,303,837) | id Software | |
| | Trepang2 | older | $39.99 | 15,774 93% | 473k | $19M (exactly $18,924,068) | Trepang Studios |
 | Serious Sam 4 | older | $39.99 | 15,612 83% | 468k | $19M (exactly $18,729,716) | Croteam |
 | DUSK | older | $19.99 | 22,073 97% | 662k | $13M (exactly $13,237,178) | David Szymanski |
 | MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | $29.99 | 14,604 93% | 438k | $13M (exactly $13,139,219) | Fumi Games | |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun | older | $21.99 | 15,741 90% | 472k | $10M (exactly $10,384,338) | Auroch Digital |
 | Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition | older | $39.99 | 7,849 89% | 235k | $9.4M (exactly $9,416,445) | People Can Fly |
 | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
 | Beyond Citadel | $14.99 | 4,417 96% | 133k | $2.0M (exactly $1,986,325) | doekuramori | |
 | Painkiller | $39.99 | 1,091 54% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) | Anshar Studios | |
 | FUMES | · EA | $14.99 | 2,816 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) | FUMES team |
 | BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT | $4.99 | 7,743 97% | 232k | $1.2M (exactly $1,159,127) | Joeveno | |
 | METAL EDEN | $19.99 | 1,920 84% | 58k | $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424) | Reikon Games | |
 | Forgive Me Father 2 | $24.99 | 1,500 81% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,124,550) | Byte Barrel | |
 | Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! | $24.99 | 1,352 92% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,013,594) | Auroch Digital |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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