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Should I ship a Dog Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Dogs
Only 6 developers shipped a Dog 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, Wild Blue Skies, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $480. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $113k (exactly $112,875) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Dogs
- 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
- $4.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,985 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 4 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FaithFair
- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
BioGun 2024 · $293k 
Wild Blue Skies 2026 · $113k 
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! 2014 · $91k 
Super Catboy 2023 · $76k 
HITLER: BDSM BUNKER 2023 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BioGun | older | $19.99 | 488 87% | 15k | $293k (exactly $292,654) | Dapper Dog Digital |
| | Wild Blue Skies | $14.99 | 251 58% | 7.5k | $113k (exactly $112,875) | Chuhai Labs, VITEI BACKROOM Inc. | |
| | QP Shooting - Dangerous!! | older | $7.99 | 378 94% | 11k | $91k (exactly $90,607) | Orange_Juice |
| | Super Catboy | older | $9.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | Pixelpogo |
| | HITLER: BDSM BUNKER | older | $9.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Adolf Games |
 | ASTRO AQUA KITTY | older | $14.99 | 79 87% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | TIKIPOD |
 | ProtoCorgi | older | $6.99 | 157 91% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,923) | Kemono Games |
 | Astrodogs | older | $12.99 | 71 80% | 2.1k | $28k (exactly $27,669) | Dynamic Media Triad |
 | Monster Bash HD | older | $9.99 | 91 95% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | Emberheart Games |
 | CometStriker DX | older | $14.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Iced Lizard Games |
 | Pancake Patrol | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Power Plins Games | |
 | Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance | $3.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | DPADFTW | |
 | Yellow Trouble | $17.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DrearyWeary | |
 | Swarm Sweeper | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Hi-Develop | |
 | Adorable Dog: Gnomeageddon | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Outer Pixels |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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