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Should I ship a Dystopian Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Dystopian
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Dystopian 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, Kvark, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 20 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $14k against a market of $1.3k. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $14,393) |
| Top 25% | $173k (exactly $173,313) |
| Top 5% | $276k (exactly $276,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 41%, 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
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $19.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 17,873 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 20 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 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
Crysis 2 Remastered 2022 · $8.1M 
Crysis 3 Remastered 2022 · $7.0M 
Kvark 2024 · $276k 
The Living Remain 2025 · $173k 
Mega City Force 2023 · $130k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crysis 2 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 9,034 89% | 271k | $8.1M (exactly $8,127,890) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Crysis 3 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 7,731 88% | 232k | $7.0M (exactly $6,955,581) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Kvark | $19.99 | 461 86% | 14k | $276k (exactly $276,462) | Latest Past, Perun Creative | |
| | The Living Remain | $19.99 | 289 79% | 8.7k | $173k (exactly $173,313) | Five Finger Studios | |
| | Mega City Force | older | $14.99 | 289 76% | 8.7k | $130k (exactly $129,963) | Undreamed Games |
 | HoverGrease 2 | $19.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Altergaze | |
 | Timewell: Trail of Celestes | older | $17.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $11k (exactly $10,794) | OZBER CIN |
 | BLANK SPACE | older | $14.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Michigames |
 | Bullet Head | $2.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Warkuda | |
 | Monster Master | · EA older | $13.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | Flatfish Games |
 | Wave Function 1.0 | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Usual Game Developer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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