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Should I ship a Bullet Time Sniper game?
Sniper + Bullet Time
Only 8 developers shipped a Bullet Time Sniper 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, Source Code, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $19k, ×32 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,776) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,790) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sniper
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Time
- 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
- Sniper, Bullet Time
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 26,351 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + PvEPoor odds
Comparable games
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 2013 · $4.1M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013 · $1.6M 
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010 · $1.4M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013 · $1.4M 
NIRO 2022 · $102k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 | older | $9.99 | 13,694 75% | 411k | $4.1M (exactly $4,104,092) | City Interactive |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army | older | $14.99 | 3,557 88% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,583) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper: Ghost Warrior | older | $7.99 | 5,723 58% | 172k | $1.4M (exactly $1,371,803) | City Interactive |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,020 84% | 91k | $1.4M (exactly $1,358,094) | · |
| | NIRO | older | $17.99 | 189 76% | 5.7k | $102k (exactly $102,003) | Arimac Lanka Private Limited |
 | Source Code | $19.99 | 33 60% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Blitzball.Inc | |
 | Pirate Hunter | $6.99 | 80 87% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,776) | DIOsoft | |
 | Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare | older | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Cactus VR Studios |
 | MARKSMAN VR | · EA | $8.99 | 16 31% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Crimson Gate |
 | Aim Trainer - Shooting Range | older | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Merla Games |
 | ShadowStrikeVR | · EA | $9.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Charming Game Studio |
 | Retro Sniper | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Franks.Games, franks.games | |
 | Wima Magicamia Cute Girls Magic Battle 3DTPS | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | NoHitCreations | |
 | Dinosaur Hunting Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Stellar End | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SZOKAgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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