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Should I ship a Female-Led Gun Customization game?
Gun Customization + Female Protagonist
Of 22 developers who shipped a Female-Led Gun Customization game 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.. 47 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.7k, ×9.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $560k, ×898 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 47 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $56,681) |
| Top 5% | $564k (exactly $564,035) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 4,080 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 5 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Far Cry® 6 2023 · $60M 
RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION 2018 · $1.0M 
Cavalry Girls 2023 · $675k 
Project Warlock II 2025 · $628k 
TurretGirls 2025 · $564k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Far Cry® 6 | older | $59.99 | 33,280 71% | 998k | $60M (exactly $59,894,016) | Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubis… (Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Berlin) |
| | RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION | older | $34.99 | 983 80% | 29k | $1.0M (exactly $1,031,855) | tri-Ace |
| | Cavalry Girls | older | $11.99 | 1,877 88% | 56k | $675k (exactly $675,157) | 中子星游戏研究所 |
| | Project Warlock II | $16.99 | 1,233 80% | 37k | $628k (exactly $628,460) | Buckshot Software | |
| | TurretGirls | $9.99 | 1,882 85% | 56k | $564k (exactly $564,035) | NANAIRO ENTERPRISE | |
 | Black Ice | · EA older | $19.99 | 515 95% | 15k | $309k (exactly $308,846) | Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garre… (Nonadecimal Creative, Super Duper Garrett Cooper) |
 | Sensual Adventures - Treasure Island | · EA | $29.99 | 303 81% | 9.1k | $273k (exactly $272,609) | Puppetmaster3dx |
 | E.E.R.I.E2 | older | $7.99 | 624 75% | 19k | $150k (exactly $149,573) | Ureasoft |
 | Get To Work, Succubus-Chan! | older | $9.99 | 480 78% | 14k | $144k (exactly $143,856) | SmallSqurriel, Eternal Alice Game |
 | 异变战区 E.E.R.I.E | older | $6.99 | 441 79% | 13k | $92k (exactly $92,478) | Ureasoft |
 | Clockwork Ambrosia | $19.99 | 133 84% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $79,760) | Realmsoft | |
 | Lust 'n Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 212 66% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,536) | Octo Games | |
 | Otherskin | $29.99 | 63 69% | 1.9k | $57k (exactly $56,681) | Game Atelier | |
 | Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad | $9.99 | 82 95% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,575) | Fogo Games | |
 | SATAN | $2.99 | 143 81% | 4.3k | $13k (exactly $12,827) | Gamefruit | |
 | Magical Hellhound Lust | · EA | $19.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Mildaponno |
 | No More Demon | · EA | $12.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | Mundus Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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