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Should I ship a Gothic Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Gothic
Only 10 developers shipped a Gothic Shoot 'Em Up 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, Hell Survivors, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $480. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) |
| Top 5% | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 1845% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Gothic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 80% positive over 149 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FaithFair
- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Valfaris 2019 · $1.3M 
DEMON'S TILT 2019 · $577k 
Deathsmiles 2016 · $343k 
Valfaris: Mecha Therion 2023 · $181k 
Deathsmiles I・II 2022 · $116k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Valfaris | older | $24.99 | 1,782 86% | 53k | $1.3M (exactly $1,335,965) | Steel Mantis |
| | DEMON'S TILT | older | $19.99 | 962 94% | 29k | $577k (exactly $576,911) | WIZNWAR, FLARB LLC |
| | Deathsmiles | older | $19.99 | 572 95% | 17k | $343k (exactly $343,028) | CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD. |
| | Valfaris: Mecha Therion | older | $19.99 | 302 94% | 9.1k | $181k (exactly $181,109) | Steel Mantis |
| | Deathsmiles I・II | older | $39.90 | 97 95% | 2.9k | $116k (exactly $116,109) | CITY CONNECTION, TAKE×0FF |
 | Savant - Ascent REMIX | older | $9.99 | 330 92% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $98,901) | D-Pad Studio |
 | 东方栖霞园 ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere. | older | $9.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | 东方祈华梦制作组 |
 | Thy Creature | older | $19.99 | 86 79% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $51,574) | Growing Seeds |
 | Monster Bash HD | older | $9.99 | 91 95% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | Emberheart Games |
 | DOOMBRINGER | · EA older | $14.99 | 60 78% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | Anomic Games |
 | Hell Survivors | · EA | $7.99 | 38 55% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | Aerilon |
 | Silver Bullet | $6.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) | 1CC Games | |
 | Maku | $2.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | whelp | |
 | Eldabyss | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Fleshed Out Interactive | |
 | Red Tower | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Dream4team | |
 | Dankenstoned’s Bongster’s Gram Smoker’s Stankula | $1.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Finnsoft | |
 | Regotown | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | GolGrot | |
 | Red Vanilla 2 | $1.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $60 (exactly $60) | Butterfly | |
 | These Are Them | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | OugenSoft | |
 | Steeled | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Navid M. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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