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Should I ship a Dinosaur Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Dinosaurs
Only 8 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Clawed, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×6.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $430k, ×292 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Top 25% | $284k (exactly $283,816) |
| Top 5% | $437k (exactly $437,181) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter
- 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 50,481 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Exoprimal 2023 · $4.6M 
Dino D-Day 2011 · $2.4M 
Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007 · $1.8M 
Tomb Raider I (1996) 2012 · $847k 
Primal Carnage 2012 · $715k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Exoprimal | older | $59.99 | 2,581 76% | 77k | $4.6M (exactly $4,645,026) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Dino D-Day | older | $9.99 | 8,039 86% | 241k | $2.4M (exactly $2,409,288) | 800 North and Digital Ranch |
| | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | older | $8.99 | 6,644 81% | 199k | $1.8M (exactly $1,791,887) | Crystal Dynamics |
| | Tomb Raider I (1996) | older | $6.99 | 4,039 85% | 121k | $847k (exactly $846,978) | Core Design |
| | Primal Carnage | older | $4.99 | 4,776 77% | 143k | $715k (exactly $714,967) | Lukewarm Media |
 | ORION: Prelude | older | $0.99 | 19,038 77% | 571k | $565k (exactly $565,429) | DANKIE |
 | Clawed | $19.99 | 729 52% | 22k | $437k (exactly $437,181) | Flatrock Games | |
 | Dino Crisis | $9.99 | 947 80% | 28k | $284k (exactly $283,816) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd., GOG.com | |
 | Dino Crisis 2 | $9.99 | 709 87% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,487) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd., GOG.com | |
 | Guardians of Orion (Phase 2) | older | $0.99 | 2,979 53% | 89k | $88k (exactly $88,476) | DANKIE |
 | Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split | $24.99 | 24 50% | 720 | $18k (exactly $17,993) | Dead Drop Studios LLC | |
 | Skyfear | · EA | $14.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Protoria Studios |
 | Primeval Genesis | · EA | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | After Hours Digital |
 | DinoGORE | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Mills | |
 | Mega Mash Mons | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dotosy |
 | Dinosaur Hunting Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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