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Should I ship a Conspiracy Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Conspiracy
Only 5 developers shipped a Conspiracy 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, Chimera CUSTOM XG, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×15 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $840 against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 75% fewer 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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 5,018 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 15 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×15 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Squirrel with a Gun 2024 · $1.9M 
Alex Jones: NWO Wars 2024 · $930k 
Chimera CUSTOM XG 2025 · EA · $7.8k 
Hunkenstein 2022 · $5.3k 
Distortion VR 2022 · $4.5k | 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 |
| | Alex Jones: NWO Wars | older | $17.76 | 1,745 92% | 52k | $930k (exactly $929,736) | NWO Wars Team |
| | Chimera CUSTOM XG | · EA | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Volok Games |
| | Hunkenstein | older | $7.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | Oubliette |
| | Distortion VR | older | $14.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | OutSource Studios |
 | Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner | older | $4.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Sensen Games |
 | Rick Henderson | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Fat Pug Studio |
 | Virus at Home | older | $2.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | Bogdan Padjen |
 | Hardwork Simulator | older | $1.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,149) | Mandinga |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Chicken Strike®: Cluck Ops™ | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Bamboléo Games | |
 | Breaking Point: Operation Exodus | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aurora Abyss | |
 | Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | IL Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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