Should I ship a Superhero FPS?
FPS + Superhero
Only 5 developers shipped a Superhero FPS 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, STARVAULT VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.3k against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,319) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $49k (exactly $49,480) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 5,430 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Sairento VR 2018 · $1.3M 
Megaton Rainfall 2017 · $1.0M 
Dread Templar 2023 · $657k 
STARVAULT VR 2026 · $49k 
Time To Stop Time 2020 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sairento VR | older | $29.99 | 1,448 86% | 43k | $1.3M (exactly $1,302,766) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holding… (Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holdings Pte Ltd) |
| | Megaton Rainfall | older | $15.99 | 2,155 71% | 65k | $1.0M (exactly $1,033,754) | Pentadimensional Games, SL |
| | Dread Templar | older | $19.99 | 1,096 82% | 33k | $657k (exactly $657,271) | T19 Games |
| | STARVAULT VR | $24.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Theia Games | |
| | Time To Stop Time | older | $9.99 | 161 71% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $48,252) | Sicarius |
 | Death Horizon: Reloaded | older | $19.99 | 76 80% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Horizon Lab LLP |
 | Gemini: Heroes Reborn | older | $2.99 | 351 79% | 11k | $31k (exactly $31,485) | Phosphor Games |
 | Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space | older | $19.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Teravision Games |
 | SATORI | older | $7.99 | 43 76% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | EMOTION THEORY |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Night Jackal: Blood Debt | $2.99 | 37 78% | 1.1k | $3.3k (exactly $3,319) | Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment | |
 | SUPER MARKET | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Spectacularly Obsolete Logic Operations… (Spectacularly Obsolete Logic Operations: Glitchy Applications Marvelously Executed Shoddily) | |
 | Goose | · EA | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Plasmatic Jaguar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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