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Should I ship a Top-Down Shooter FPS?
FPS + Top-Down Shooter
Only 12 developers shipped a Top-Down Shooter 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, Artificial Extinction 2, 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, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,387) |
| Top 5% | $68k (exactly $67,766) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Top-Down Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Top-Down Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 67% positive over 577 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Guardians of Orion (Phase 2) 2016 · $88k 
KUNKUN Defender 2024 · $74k 
Artificial Extinction 2 2026 · $68k 
The AC130 slays the zombies. 2025 · $45k 
Try to survive Today 2025 · EA · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Guardians of Orion (Phase 2) | older | $0.99 | 2,979 53% | 89k | $88k (exactly $88,476) | DANKIE |
| | KUNKUN Defender | older | $2.99 | 822 97% | 25k | $74k (exactly $73,733) | Seal |
| | Artificial Extinction 2 | $19.99 | 113 77% | 3.4k | $68k (exactly $67,766) | 100Hr Games Inc | |
| | The AC130 slays the zombies. | $3.99 | 377 63% | 11k | $45k (exactly $45,127) | 汪双羽 | |
| | Try to survive Today | · EA | $10.99 | 77 68% | 2.3k | $25k (exactly $25,387) | VIVA |
 | Astro Looter: Survivor | older | $1.99 | 386 67% | 12k | $23k (exactly $23,044) | Soda Game Studio |
 | Hentai Strip Shot | older | $1.99 | 86 82% | 2.6k | $5.1k (exactly $5,134) | NP |
 | WWII Tanks: Forgotten Battles | older | $4.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | SP GAMES |
 | AimGoGoGo | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | FeiWu Studio |
 | Tank Commander: Battlefield | older | $2.99 | 11 36% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | SP GAMES |
 | BattleTanks - Animal Wars | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kasur Games | |
 | Attack of Bunnies | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | 4SAGEZ STUDIOS PVT. LTD. | |
 | Core Break | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | MythByte, Blipsounds | |
 | Bryan's Indie Collection | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Bryan Veres | |
 | Defender of the Orcish Marches | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | GameStrubios | |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | Alien Shooters | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Frame Sixty LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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