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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Zombie Boomer Shooter?

Boomer Shooter + Zombies

Of 50 developers who shipped a Zombie 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.. 47 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $660, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 47 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 25% on the market, 47 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Boomer Shooter + Zombies
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 50
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $5.7k → $7.2k → $239 → $900 → $450 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Boomer Shooter + Zombies: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 50
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $659 (exactly $659)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,496)
Top 5% $50k (exactly $49,917)
Developers, 2 yr 50
Released games 75
Announced 47
Effort 5 / 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 down 25% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Zombies
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Boomer Shooter; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry FPS, Shooter, Action
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Retro, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,451 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $660, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $49k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Boomer Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Co-opFair16 devs · median $6.9k · 24 announced
  2. + WarFair19 devs · median $5.9k · 22 announced
  3. + DemonsFair51 devs · median $3.6k · 56 announced
  4. + Bullet TimeFair30 devs · median $1.7k · 30 announced
  5. + Psychological HorrorFair24 devs · median $1.3k · 29 announced
  6. + Bullet HellFair109 devs · median $599 · 77 announced
  7. + SpaceFair39 devs · median $539 · 43 announced
  8. + Survival HorrorFair27 devs · median $449 · 28 announced
  9. + SurvivalLong shot39 devs · median $359 · 32 announced
  10. + Hero ShooterLong shot30 devs · median $210 · 21 announced
  11. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds36 devs · median $12k · 52 announced
  12. + LovecraftianPoor odds12 devs · median $8.1k · 24 announced

All 61 pairs on the Boomer Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

DOOM 2016 · $93M Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k Painkiller: Black Edition 2007 · $578k HELLBREAK 2026 · $124k Zombie Shooting Star 2022 · $74k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
DOOM older $19.99 155,340 95% 4.7M $93M (exactly $93,157,398) id Software
Zombie Driver HD older $9.99 2,770 84% 83k $830k (exactly $830,169) Exor Studios
Painkiller: Black Edition older $9.99 1,928 89% 58k $578k (exactly $577,822) People Can Fly
HELLBREAK $14.99 275 76% 8.3k $124k (exactly $123,668) Double Barrel Games
Zombie Shooting Star older $12.99 191 71% 5.7k $74k (exactly $74,433) Twins Halo
Nasty Zombies older $11.99 206 97% 6.2k $74k (exactly $74,098) Con No 1
Blood Rush · EA $14.49 161 98% 4.8k $70k (exactly $69,987) MaxEstLa
Extraneum $14.99 111 94% 3.3k $50k (exactly $49,917) David Jalbert
MeowGun: Hell Denizen $12.99 114 98% 3.4k $44k (exactly $44,426) SusaDeBastet
DEAD TRASH $2.99 392 89% 12k $35k (exactly $35,162) Crowhill Studios
Painted In Blood · EA $9.99 114 83% 3.4k $34k (exactly $34,166) MadCraft
Finnish Cabin Mayhem - Mökkimähinä $4.99 129 94% 3.9k $19k (exactly $19,311) Sophisticated keppana enjoyers
UBERSLAUGHTER $9.99 54 87% 1.6k $16k (exactly $16,184) BillyBobCletus
Living Dead Outbreak $5.99 70 91% 2.1k $13k (exactly $12,579) Games From The Abyss
Daisen · EA $7.99 31 93% 930 $7.4k (exactly $7,431) LOYAL Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.