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Should I ship a Bullet Hell Stealth game?
Stealth + Bullet Hell
Only 8 developers shipped a Bullet Hell Stealth game 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, UNSIGHT, 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, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $10k, ×16 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,067) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 68% positive over 110 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
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Comparable games
Tokyo 42 2017 · $235k 
Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition 2015 · $28k 
Planet Station 2020 · $10k 
UNSIGHT 2026 · $10k 
Agent in Depth 2024 · $9.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tokyo 42 | older | $19.99 | 392 70% | 12k | $235k (exactly $235,082) | SMAC Games |
| | Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition | older | $9.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | OlderBytes |
| | Planet Station | older | $4.99 | 70 70% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | Fasu Studio |
| | UNSIGHT | $7.99 | 42 50% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | C51 Games | |
| | Agent in Depth | older | $2.99 | 108 93% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave |
 | REINCARNATION ASURA ZALANDARA Journey of carnage and redemption | older | $7.99 | 36 55% | 1.1k | $8.6k (exactly $8,629) | TIFON STUDIO EIROS |
 | Hit Zero: Chronos | older | $4.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | ZHANG FAN |
 | The President | older | $19.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | GamesBraz |
 | Agent 01 | older | $19.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | Hacker Man | older | $19.99 | 8 12% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | Super Chaos | $5.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Anodaxia | |
 | Big Theft Valkeala | $2.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, Kendall… (Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, Kendall Studios) | |
 | Zombies In Valkeala | $2.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | Money Theft 2: Heist | $3.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | Gallipoli Trenches: The Forgotten Front WW1 | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Fronty Games | |
 | Big Theft Valkeala 2: San Piritori | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | ZOMBIECAM | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZOMBIECAM Crew | |
 | E.L.D. TD | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 4develhope di Benini Elisa | |
 | Vector 2147 | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gabriel Jordaan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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