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Should I ship a Card Game Shooter?
Shooter + Card Game
Of 20 developers who shipped a Card Game 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.. 36 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 5% | $57k (exactly $57,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 36 |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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, Card Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 459 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Neon White 2022 · $13M 
Friends vs Friends 2023 · $3.3M 
West Sweety 2019 · $193k 
Bullet Roulette VR 2020 · $104k 
Taboos: Cracks 2019 · $96k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neon White | older | $24.99 | 17,259 97% | 518k | $13M (exactly $12,939,072) | Angel Matrix |
| | Friends vs Friends | older | $9.99 | 10,860 83% | 326k | $3.3M (exactly $3,254,742) | Brainwash Gang |
| | West Sweety | older | $1.99 | 3,227 83% | 97k | $193k (exactly $192,652) | AFOG |
| | Bullet Roulette VR | older | $7.99 | 435 86% | 13k | $104k (exactly $104,270) | Fibrum Limited |
| | Taboos: Cracks | older | $1.99 | 1,609 80% | 48k | $96k (exactly $96,057) | DSGame |
 | Lucky Shot | $12.99 | 147 97% | 4.4k | $57k (exactly $57,286) | Deliver Games | |
 | Break Siege | · EA | $14.99 | 66 84% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | FojoGames |
 | Spellshot | older | $9.99 | 76 69% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Team Monumental |
 | Decks of Dexterity | $14.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Coded Games | |
 | KUNKUN League | $2.99 | 123 98% | 3.7k | $11k (exactly $11,033) | Seal | |
 | Feminization Device | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | FT Girl Studio | |
 | Zenvader | $2.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | RyiSnow | |
 | KeyFortress | · EA | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Daisen |
 | One-In | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Tidecrest Studios | |
 | IKARUS | · EA | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Magical Something |
 | Spell Spiral | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | takenokohal |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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