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Should I ship a Cat Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Cats
Only 18 developers shipped a Cat Shoot 'Em Up 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, Cat Girl Survivor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×7.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×43 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,236) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Bullet Hell, Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 469 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FaithFair
- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! 2014 · $91k 
Super Catboy 2023 · $76k 
ARMORED KITTEN 2017 · $70k 
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender 2014 · $62k 
Flame Over 2015 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | QP Shooting - Dangerous!! | older | $7.99 | 378 94% | 11k | $91k (exactly $90,607) | Orange_Juice |
| | Super Catboy | older | $9.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | Pixelpogo |
| | ARMORED KITTEN | older | $4.99 | 465 83% | 14k | $70k (exactly $69,610) | Ducat |
| | Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender | older | $6.99 | 294 86% | 8.8k | $62k (exactly $61,652) | TIKIPOD, Electric Cafe |
| | Flame Over | older | $11.99 | 146 69% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,516) | Laughing Jackal LTD |
 | Neko Navy | older | $10.99 | 127 98% | 3.8k | $42k (exactly $41,872) | DeathMofuMofu |
 | Wildcat Gun Machine | older | $14.99 | 81 66% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $36,426) | Chunkybox Games |
 | ASTRO AQUA KITTY | older | $14.99 | 79 87% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | TIKIPOD |
 | One Gun: Cat | older | $10.99 | 84 76% | 2.5k | $28k (exactly $27,695) | Erow.Dev |
 | NEKO ARENA | older | $1.99 | 444 83% | 13k | $27k (exactly $26,507) | Neko Cloud |
 | Cat Girl Survivor | $14.99 | 45 55% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Minimum Studio Corp. | |
 | Sausage Hunter | · EA | $4.99 | 125 88% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | Banger Chasers |
 | Soba's Gunpaw | $2.99 | 130 93% | 3.9k | $12k (exactly $11,661) | Evrac Studio | |
 | 9 Lives to Defend | $3.99 | 64 84% | 1.9k | $7.7k (exactly $7,661) | Goldarait | |
 | Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche | $7.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | WayForward | |
 | Yarn Guardians | $14.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | pentapaw studios | |
 | Meowmunitions | $12.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Pete Karesisto | |
 | Astro Burn | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Beyond The PIxels | |
 | Fur and Fables | · EA | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Double Crow Games |
 | Legend of Shawy Cat: Mafia Prepack | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | 86岁按时吃饭 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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