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Should I ship a Female-Led On-Rails Shooter?
On-Rails Shooter + Female Protagonist
Only 12 developers shipped a Female-Led On-Rails 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, TurretGirls, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $12k against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 25% | $167k (exactly $167,316) |
| Top 5% | $564k (exactly $564,035) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,934 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.7k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
On-Rails Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CyberpunkFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Bullet HellPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
Comparable games
Gal*Gun 2 2018 · $1.9M 
TurretGirls 2025 · $564k 
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing 2024 · $403k 
Mirage Feathers 2024 · $384k 
Ex-Zodiac 2022 · EA · $345k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gal*Gun 2 | older | $29.99 | 2,094 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,883,972) | INTI CREATES CO., LTD. |
| | TurretGirls | $9.99 | 1,882 85% | 56k | $564k (exactly $564,035) | NANAIRO ENTERPRISE | |
| | CYGNI: All Guns Blazing | older | $29.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $403k (exactly $403,066) | KeelWorks |
| | Mirage Feathers | older | $4.99 | 2,566 98% | 77k | $384k (exactly $384,130) | oyasumi Workshop |
| | Ex-Zodiac | · EA older | $11.99 | 958 93% | 29k | $345k (exactly $344,593) | MNKY |
 | Whisker Squadron: Survivor | $19.99 | 485 77% | 15k | $291k (exactly $290,854) | Flippfly LLC | |
 | Wild Guns Reloaded | older | $14.99 | 435 88% | 13k | $196k (exactly $195,620) | NatsumeAtari |
 | ROGUE FLIGHT | $19.99 | 279 96% | 8.4k | $167k (exactly $167,316) | Truant Pixel, LLC | |
 | Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP | older | $4.99 | 669 95% | 20k | $100k (exactly $100,149) | Idea Factory, Frontier Works, tiny cact… (Idea Factory, Frontier Works, tiny cactus studio, WSS playground) |
 | Air Twister | older | $24.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $76k (exactly $75,720) | YS NET |
 | 閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER - | $14.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $65k (exactly $65,206) | LeftOver | |
 | Candy Rangers | $14.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | Mechano | |
 | THE GIRL FROM GUNMA Kai 群馬県から来た少女・改 | $9.99 | 41 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | 株式会社ヒューガ HUGA Inc. | |
 | Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche | $7.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | WayForward | |
 | Moushooter | $12.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Twins Halo | |
 | Moor Rail | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | PLAY Mephistowaltz | |
 | PopSlinger Vol. 2 - Loveless | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Funky Can Creative |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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