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Should I ship a Dystopian Twin Stick Shooter?
Twin Stick Shooter + Dystopian
Only 9 developers shipped a Dystopian Twin Stick 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, Brigador Killers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 51 more are announced, ×10 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×5.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×903 the market median. Revenue is up 415% on the market; 51 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,393) |
| Top 5% | $429k (exactly $428,828) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 51 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 415% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 46,068 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 51 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Twin Stick Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Looter ShooterPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
Comparable games
The Ascent 2021 · $17M 
RUINER 2017 · $6.2M 
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition 2016 · $3.4M 
Rusted Moss 2023 · $945k 
Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 2021 · $747k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Ascent | older | $29.99 | 19,235 74% | 577k | $17M (exactly $17,305,730) | Neon Giant |
| | RUINER | older | $19.99 | 10,338 89% | 310k | $6.2M (exactly $6,199,699) | Reikon Games |
| | Brigador: Up-Armored Edition | older | $24.99 | 4,580 93% | 137k | $3.4M (exactly $3,433,626) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
| | Rusted Moss | older | $19.99 | 1,575 88% | 47k | $945k (exactly $944,527) | Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze |
| | Marfusha:Sentinel Girls | older | $7.99 | 3,116 93% | 93k | $747k (exactly $746,905) | hinyari9 |
 | Snezhinka:Sentinel Girls2 | older | $7.99 | 2,433 96% | 73k | $583k (exactly $583,190) | hinyari9 |
 | Decision: Red Daze | older | $19.99 | 855 74% | 26k | $513k (exactly $512,743) | FlyAnvil |
 | Brigador Killers | · EA | $24.99 | 572 69% | 17k | $429k (exactly $428,828) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
 | QUICKERFLAK | older | $4.99 | 2,819 87% | 85k | $422k (exactly $422,004) | Walter Machado |
 | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
 | 9th Sentinel Sisters | $7.99 | 273 69% | 8.2k | $65k (exactly $65,438) | Live Wire | |
 | HoverGrease 2 | $19.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Altergaze | |
 | System Breakdown | $8.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Anarchy Creations | |
 | Midnight Murder Maze | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Rum Shack Studios LLC | |
 | Amazoom Blimp Jockey '69 | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Lofty Games |
 | Material Evidence | $5.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | 9Ratones | |
 | MechCrisis | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Team_Bug | |
 | Rubbles | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jace |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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