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Should I ship a Fantasy Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Fantasy
Of 99 developers who shipped a Fantasy Third-Person Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 197 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 197 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 10% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $774k (exactly $773,613) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 99 |
| Released games | 319 |
| Announced | 197 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Fantasy
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 30,684 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 56 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 197 games are announced against 50 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 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
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024 · $303M 
Mistfall Hunter 2026 · $12M 
ELEX 2017 · $11M 
Orcs Must Die! 3 2021 · $9.8M 
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet 2018 · $9.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | older | $59.99 | 168,628 84% | 5.1M | $303M (exactly $303,479,812) | Saber Interactive |
| | Mistfall Hunter | $24.99 | 16,045 53% | 481k | $12M (exactly $12,028,936) | Bellring Games | |
| | ELEX | older | $29.99 | 12,443 72% | 373k | $11M (exactly $11,194,967) | Piranha Bytes |
| | Orcs Must Die! 3 | older | $29.99 | 10,930 85% | 328k | $9.8M (exactly $9,833,721) | Robot Entertainment |
| | Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet | older | $19.99 | 15,461 79% | 464k | $9.3M (exactly $9,271,962) | Dimps Corporation |
 | Little Witch Nobeta | older | $24.99 | 9,362 84% | 281k | $7.0M (exactly $7,018,691) | Pupuya Games |
 | Orcs Must Die! 2 | older | $14.99 | 12,924 92% | 388k | $5.8M (exactly $5,811,923) | Robot Entertainment |
 | Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap | $29.99 | 4,053 69% | 122k | $3.6M (exactly $3,646,484) | Robot Entertainment | |
 | SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream | $59.99 | 2,021 64% | 61k | $3.6M (exactly $3,637,194) | Dimps Corporation | |
 | STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II | older | $19.99 | 5,854 63% | 176k | $3.5M (exactly $3,510,644) | Aspyr Studios |
 | LORT | · EA | $14.99 | 3,933 77% | 118k | $1.8M (exactly $1,768,670) | Big Distraction |
 | Vellum | $19.99 | 1,290 89% | 39k | $774k (exactly $773,613) | Alvios Games | |
 | Sapphire Safari | · EA | $12.99 | 1,653 92% | 50k | $644k (exactly $644,174) | Kinky Fridays |
 | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
 | The Bleakest Keep | $9.99 | 719 90% | 22k | $215k (exactly $215,484) | Cache of Bones | |
 | Queen's Loyalty | $13.99 | 258 83% | 7.7k | $108k (exactly $108,283) | eTIRUe | |
 | Brew | $19.99 | 156 82% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $93,553) | Snow Leaf Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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