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Should I ship a Collectathon Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Collectathon
Only 19 developers shipped a Collectathon Third-Person 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, Sapphire Safari, 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: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $640k, ×430 the market median. Revenue is up 560% on the market; 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) |
| Top 5% | $644k (exactly $644,174) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 560% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Collectathon; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Shooter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Cinematic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 2,335 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Squirrel with a Gun 2024 · $1.9M 
Sapphire Safari 2025 · EA · $644k 
Amazing Frog? 2 2022 · EA · $435k 
BLACKWOOD 2026 · $424k 
ScrewUp 2021 · $78k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Squirrel with a Gun | older | $19.99 | 3,112 86% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,866,266) | Dee Dee Creations LLC |
| | Sapphire Safari | · EA | $12.99 | 1,653 92% | 50k | $644k (exactly $644,174) | Kinky Fridays |
| | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
| | BLACKWOOD | $24.99 | 565 46% | 17k | $424k (exactly $423,580) | AttritoM7 Productions | |
| | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
 | Tamarin | older | $29.99 | 78 60% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Chameleon Games |
 | Old Coin Pusher Friends | older | $3.99 | 351 89% | 11k | $42k (exactly $42,015) | STP WORKS |
 | WAIFU IMPACT | older | $5.99 | 148 85% | 4.4k | $27k (exactly $26,596) | Mitsuki Game Studio |
 | Wild Alone | $10.99 | 38 47% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,529) | Wild Alone 21 | |
 | RESEQUENCED | older | $4.99 | 75 66% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,228) | Based On The Play |
 | The Phoenix Gene VR | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | HEROmation | |
 | WAIFU IMPACT 2 | $6.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Mitsuki Game Studio | |
 | Assassin Of Dombardos | $9.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Saylor Games | |
 | IM LOOPY FOR DOOP LOOPS!!! | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | JakeHub, Metater | |
 | Zombies In Valkeala | $2.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | Hive Havoc 3D | $3.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Digital Dialysis Softworks | |
 | Prepare The Past | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Soul Engine Studio LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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