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Should I ship a Boomer Shooter Strategy game?
Boomer Shooter + Strategy
Of 23 developers who shipped a Boomer Shooter Strategy game 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.. 24 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 24 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $416 (exactly $416) |
| Top 5% | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 350% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boomer Shooter, Strategy; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Shooter, Action, FPS
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 872 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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
Moros Protocol 2025 · $548k 
Fog of War 2018 · $185k 
Command & Conquer Renegade™ 2024 · $178k 
Frontline Crisis 2024 · $63k 
宗门最后的长老 2026 · $8.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Moros Protocol | $24.99 | 731 81% | 22k | $548k (exactly $548,031) | Pixel Reign | |
| | Fog of War | older | $8.99 | 686 46% | 21k | $185k (exactly $185,014) | Monkeys Lab. |
| | Command & Conquer Renegade™ | older | $6.96 | 851 83% | 26k | $178k (exactly $177,689) | Westwood Studios |
| | Frontline Crisis | older | $5.99 | 348 87% | 10k | $63k (exactly $62,536) | BCQT |
| | 宗门最后的长老 | $2.99 | 99 96% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | KUMA studio | |
 | Quack Attack | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Illutrium | |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Haunt Monster | · EA older | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Sango Games |
 | Void Vanguards | · EA | $3.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Silvershard Studio |
 | Hard as Hell | $0.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | L4S Games, KAPPIRE | |
 | REVOLVE | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Mikie | |
 | Hand Meat Walker | $11.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $345 (exactly $345) | Snoz | |
 | EndlessRain | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | airnuri |
 | Mod Shooter | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | KSD Media Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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