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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration FPS?
FPS + Dynamic Narration
Only 10 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration FPS 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, Your Mother, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×8.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $720 against a market of $1.5k. 25 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,588) |
| Top 5% | $251k (exactly $250,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 92% positive over 9,029 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2013 · $9.4M 
Lightmatter 2020 · $414k 
Your Mother 2025 · $251k 
Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS 2022 · $86k 
A.D. 2047 2021 · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | older | $14.99 | 20,869 94% | 626k | $9.4M (exactly $9,384,789) | Techland |
| | Lightmatter | older | $19.99 | 691 94% | 21k | $414k (exactly $414,393) | Tunnel Vision Games |
| | Your Mother | $0.99 | 8,436 92% | 253k | $251k (exactly $250,549) | M for Mother | |
| | Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS | older | $14.99 | 192 71% | 5.8k | $86k (exactly $86,342) | Rocket Boy Games |
| | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
 | 5 NIGHTS AT SHALUN 4: SCHOOL | $1.99 | 535 93% | 16k | $32k (exactly $31,940) | Team GZ, VADIM CHURILOV | |
 | Irreversible | · EA | $19.99 | 41 92% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Delusional Reality Studio |
 | Harthorn | older | $3.99 | 188 84% | 5.6k | $23k (exactly $22,504) | Vincent Lade |
 | T.D.Z. 3 Dark Way of Stalker | older | $5.99 | 71 76% | 2.1k | $13k (exactly $12,759) | Team GZ |
 | 西门立志传 | older | $5.99 | 53 32% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | 2群：154681658（国区激活码找管理） |
 | The Museum Sentinel | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Mate Lovas | |
 | Moth | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Lucas Pulaski | |
 | Level 37: The Ritewood Anomaly | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Flux Games | |
 | Vacation | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Spirit | |
 | Cognite | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Frosted Wings Studio | |
 | ULTRA X-TREME HUNTING SIMULATOR 2001 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Ref | |
 | Breaking Point: Operation Exodus | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aurora Abyss |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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