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Should I ship a Werewolf FPS?
FPS + Werewolves
Only 5 developers shipped a Werewolf 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, Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $840 against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) |
| Top 5% | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Werewolves
- 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
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $7.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 4,154 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Legendary 2008 · $392k 
Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf 2014 · $185k 
S.P.A.T. 2021 · EA · $45k 
Rescue Operation 2021 · $30k 
Sinister Halloween 2019 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Legendary | older | $5.99 | 2,184 57% | 66k | $392k (exactly $392,465) | Spark Unlimited |
| | Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf | older | $4.99 | 1,236 61% | 37k | $185k (exactly $185,029) | Microblast Games |
| | S.P.A.T. | · EA older | $11.99 | 125 49% | 3.8k | $45k (exactly $44,962) | DeadGrass Games |
| | Rescue Operation | older | $3.99 | 253 87% | 7.6k | $30k (exactly $30,284) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Sinister Halloween | older | $7.99 | 125 82% | 3.8k | $30k (exactly $29,962) | Celeritas Games |
 | Infinity Runner | older | $6.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,502) | Wales Interactive |
 | Monster Showdown | older | $14.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Virtual Uppercut Studios, Yahya Danboos |
 | Liquidator 2: Welcome to Hell | $6.99 | 35 62% | 1.1k | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) | Parallax Arts Studio | |
 | Finding the Soul Orb | older | $3.99 | 60 76% | 1.8k | $7.2k (exactly $7,182) | Tonguç Bodur |
 | The Last Saviour | · EA older | $8.99 | 21 66% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | NGOG |
 | WOLFMAN | · EA | $11.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | LithiumStudios |
 | Undead Hunter Part I | $1.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Fireplay Studio | |
 | Dead Iron | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Villain Laboratories | |
 | Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins. | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Cornfield Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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