Should I ship a Shooter CRPG?
CRPG + Shooter
Only 4 developers shipped a Shooter CRPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 13 did: 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.. 18 more are announced, ×18 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $960 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $330 (exactly $330) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $13,496) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,771 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. 18 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×18 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017 · $165k 
Zombie Shooter 2009 · $136k 
Unconventional Warfare 2022 · EA · $20k 
Kings Of Streets 2020 · EA · $20k 
Simantik 2023 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Brigand: Oaxaca | older | $9.99 | 551 94% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,135) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) |
| | Zombie Shooter | older | $4.99 | 911 82% | 27k | $136k (exactly $136,377) | Sigma Team Inc. |
| | Unconventional Warfare | · EA older | $9.99 | 66 83% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Nightlife Strangers |
| | Kings Of Streets | · EA older | $4.99 | 132 53% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,760) | TB Games |
| | Simantik | older | $29.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $13k (exactly $13,496) | Steel Thunder |
 | WarOfGods 2 | $29.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Mensa World | |
 | 惑星游侠-Planet Rogue | older | $16.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $5.1k (exactly $5,097) | 赛里斯南方游戏工作室 [Sinae South Game Studio] |
 | Vojna | older | $2.99 | 42 42% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | HFM Games |
 | Vulture | older | $9.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Cubic Timeline Productions Inc. |
 | Brain off | older | $4.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Butengo entertainment |
 | Armed Animals RPG | $15.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | Strejda Jenda Productions | |
 | Operation Terra | · EA | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Yotta Yobi, Diamond Tao |
 | The Light and the Shadow | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | EnrolaDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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