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Should I ship a Fishing Shooter?
Shooter + Fishing
Only 16 developers shipped a Fishing 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, How to Fish, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.5k, ×8.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $960; 1 in 20 cleared $13M, ×22009 the market median. Revenue is up 275% on the market; 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $959 (exactly $959) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) |
| Top 25% | $133k (exactly $132,644) |
| Top 5% | $14M (exactly $13,821,342) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 275% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Fishing
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 59,924 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $960. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
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Comparable games
How to Fish 2026 · $14M 
UMIGARI | ウミガリ 2026 · $401k 
Ace of Seafood 2016 · $189k 
Fish Hunters: Most Lethal Fishing Simulator 🐟 2026 · $168k 
Lake of Creatures 2024 · $133k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | How to Fish | $7.99 | 57,661 95% | 1.7M | $14M (exactly $13,821,342) | Dazed Games | |
| | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
| | Ace of Seafood | older | $11.99 | 526 91% | 16k | $189k (exactly $189,202) | Calappa Games |
| | Fish Hunters: Most Lethal Fishing Simulator 🐟 | $9.99 | 562 58% | 17k | $168k (exactly $168,431) | Pmdk23 | |
| | Lake of Creatures | $12.49 | 354 92% | 11k | $133k (exactly $132,644) | ANTENNA GAMES | |
 | Project Hunt | older | $24.99 | 155 88% | 4.7k | $116k (exactly $116,204) | Mind Mythic |
 | DREAMWILD | older | $7.99 | 351 88% | 11k | $84k (exactly $84,135) | Fading Club |
 | AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings | older | $14.99 | 128 81% | 3.8k | $58k (exactly $57,562) | Blindflug Studios AG |
 | Fish Person Shooter | · EA older | $12.99 | 45 91% | 1.4k | $18k (exactly $17,536) | 8AH |
 | Fish to Cats: Catch & Feed | $2.99 | 193 83% | 5.8k | $17k (exactly $17,312) | Kygua Tech | |
 | CHEMISTS: Dead Zone | · EA | $15.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $12k (exactly $11,513) | RPAX GAMING |
 | Zombie Liminal Fishing | $13.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $8.8k (exactly $8,814) | Chris Danelon | |
 | Hook Line and Sniper | $7.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | ItellaItella, Justin1L8 | |
 | Critical Fishing | $2.99 | 50 96% | 1.5k | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) | lazygun | |
 | Snapshot Aquarium | · EA | $5.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Octoponx |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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