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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Dark Fantasy
Only 7 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy Hero 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, Luna Hollow - Dream Eater Defense, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $1.3k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 9 / 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 down 75% on the market, supply 35% 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.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 773 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Chasm: The Rift 2022 · $277k 
Horror Legends 2021 · $17k 
Cyberdunk Anime Edition 2022 · $8.8k 
Inheritors2078 2021 · $6.8k 
Luna Hollow - Dream Eater Defense 2026 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chasm: The Rift | older | $19.99 | 462 81% | 14k | $277k (exactly $277,061) | Action Forms, General Arcade |
| | Horror Legends | older | $4.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | October Games |
| | Cyberdunk Anime Edition | older | $5.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | Pannl Inc. |
| | Inheritors2078 | older | $11.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nou… (Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nour Ashmawy) |
| | Luna Hollow - Dream Eater Defense | $5.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | CHARON, STUDIO CHARON, 月桂樹冠 | |
 | Middle Evil: The Priest | older | $5.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | diedemor studio |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Rilla Shotgun | · EA older | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | SpaceRex Games |
 | Valkyrie Champions | older | $3.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Valorware |
 | No Hope | older | $3.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | Helemon |
 | Monstergasm | $4.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Red Sasori | |
 | The Christopher Redemption - I | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Secernate Games Private Limited | |
 | I FORGOT TO TAKE THE CHICKEN OUT OF THE FREEZER | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Yomen Tohmaz | |
 | Portale zur Hölle | $16.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Paranormal Interactive | |
 | TD Master | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Martin Vaupell Christensen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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