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Should I ship a Boss Rush Shooter?
Shooter + Boss Rush
Only 16 developers shipped a Boss Rush Shooter in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Terminator 2D: NO FATE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 20 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $537 (exactly $537) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,565) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 up 60% on the market, supply 335% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Boss Rush
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,672 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
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- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
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Comparable games
Terminator 2D: NO FATE 2025 · $1.3M 
Air Twister 2023 · $76k 
Prison City 2023 · $46k 
ZOE Begone! 2025 · $42k 
Godstrike 2021 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator 2D: NO FATE | $29.99 | 1,450 84% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,565) | Bitmap Bureau | |
| | Air Twister | older | $24.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $76k (exactly $75,720) | YS NET |
| | Prison City | older | $9.99 | 152 84% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Retroware, Programancer |
| | ZOE Begone! | $9.99 | 141 100% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $42,258) | Retchy Games | |
| | Godstrike | older | $5.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | OverPowered Team |
 | Roto Force | older | $7.99 | 96 90% | 2.9k | $23k (exactly $23,011) | Accidently Awesome |
 | Space Elite Force II | older | $5.99 | 88 89% | 2.6k | $16k (exactly $15,814) | Rising Moon Games |
 | TYRONE SOULZ | older | $1.95 | 178 86% | 5.3k | $10k (exactly $10,413) | Team SNEED |
 | Twinkle Hunter | older | $11.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Silver Cat |
 | Super Gear Quest | older | $14.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Blob Games |
 | Gravity Storm: First Mission | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Jampley Games | |
 | Baseless | $12.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Fermenter Games | |
 | Snack Invaders | · EA | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Whippy Games |
 | Bobble and the Tri-Crystal | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | HenryNova | |
 | Kill Source: Neon Hemorrhage | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Berihime Studio | |
 | BLOOD=BULLETS | $1.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | Slendykray | |
 | FAR FROM DEAD | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Brian O'Keefe | |
 | Code Breaker | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Morgan Campbell |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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