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Should I ship a Boomer Shooter Survival game?
Survival + Boomer Shooter
Of 39 developers who shipped a Boomer Shooter Survival 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.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×197 the market median. Revenue is up 235% on the market; 32 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $124k (exactly $123,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 39 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 235% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Survival
- 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
- Survival, Boomer Shooter; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, FPS
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,462 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. Nearly all of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Survival with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Word GameFair
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- + IdlerFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + DogsFair
- + Martial ArtsLong shot
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
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Comparable games
POSTAL: Brain Damaged 2022 · $5.7M 
Vampire Hunters 2024 · $873k 
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 2010 · $375k 
Supplice 2023 · EA · $240k 
UNLOVED 2016 · $143k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | POSTAL: Brain Damaged | older | $19.99 | 9,565 95% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,736,130) | Hyperstrange, CreativeForge Games |
| | Vampire Hunters | $14.99 | 1,941 89% | 58k | $873k (exactly $872,868) | Gamecraft Studios | |
| | Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 | older | $4.99 | 2,508 87% | 75k | $375k (exactly $375,448) | Rebellion |
| | Supplice | · EA older | $14.99 | 533 87% | 16k | $240k (exactly $239,690) | Mekworx |
| | UNLOVED | older | $4.99 | 955 79% | 29k | $143k (exactly $142,964) | BlueEagle Productions |
 | HELLBREAK | $14.99 | 275 76% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $123,668) | Double Barrel Games | |
 | Dark Side of War | older | $29.99 | 78 69% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Tactical Mayhem Realms |
 | CROSSBOW: Bloodnight | older | $2.99 | 376 74% | 11k | $34k (exactly $33,727) | Hyperstrange |
 | Living Dead Outbreak | $5.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $13k (exactly $12,579) | Games From The Abyss | |
 | Acre Crisis | older | $4.99 | 57 75% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | David Pateti |
 | It Consumes | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Sublexical | |
 | Escape From Infection Zone | $39.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Funbang | |
 | Barricade | $4.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | SOCKHOUSE STUDIOS | |
 | Chud vs Soyjak | $2.99 | 57 92% | 1.7k | $5.1k (exactly $5,113) | Chud Games | |
 | Spacepunk Survival | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Tavern Tale Studio | |
 | CrimSaw | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SkyBrave | |
 | Night of the Dead Simulator | $7.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Unknown People Lab |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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