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Should I ship a Party Game FPS?
FPS + Party Game
Of 40 developers who shipped a Party Game FPS 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.. 118 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 35 developers shipped in the last year and 118 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,770) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 118 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.49 |
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 100% on the market, supply 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Co-op
- Price point
- $5.49 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.49.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 3,982 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 118 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare 2025 · EA · $571k 
Bogos Binted? 2026 · $187k 
Midnight Murder Club 2025 · $91k 
Deducto 2 2023 · $67k 
WISE GUYS 2026 · EA · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Neighbors: Suburban Warfare | · EA | $9.99 | 1,906 66% | 57k | $571k (exactly $571,228) | Invisible Walls |
| | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
| | Midnight Murder Club | $9.99 | 304 71% | 9.1k | $91k (exactly $91,109) | Velan Studios | |
| | Deducto 2 | older | $4.99 | 450 91% | 14k | $67k (exactly $67,365) | Red Fox Studios |
| | WISE GUYS | · EA | $8.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $52,322) | StonieDude |
 | Baking Bad | · EA | $10.99 | 123 32% | 3.7k | $41k (exactly $40,553) | FunkyArmor |
 | Shady job | $7.99 | 114 70% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $27,326) | GAZE IN GAMES | |
 | Prop Hunt 2.0 | older | $12.99 | 53 30% | 1.6k | $21k (exactly $20,654) | HorseGames |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | Chaotic Conflicts | $1.99 | 97 88% | 2.9k | $5.8k (exactly $5,791) | Steampunk | |
 | YEKO | · EA | $3.99 | 33 57% | 990 | $4.0k (exactly $3,950) | BEGA Game Studio |
 | Ghost Gunners | $5.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Turtlecode Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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