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Should I ship a Gun Customization Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Gun Customization
Only 12 developers shipped a Gun Customization Hero Shooter 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, Marathon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.7 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $61. 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper, while revenue is up 260% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $61 (exactly $61) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $201k (exactly $200,799) |
| Top 5% | $54M (exactly $53,889,324) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Gun Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 47,047 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $61. 5 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Marathon 2026 · $54M 
Friends vs Friends 2023 · $3.3M 
Project Warlock II 2025 · $628k 
KILLER INN 2026 · EA · $201k 
Lust 'n Dead 🔞 2024 · $64k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marathon | $39.99 | 44,919 81% | 1.3M | $54M (exactly $53,889,324) | Bungie | |
| | Friends vs Friends | older | $9.99 | 10,860 83% | 326k | $3.3M (exactly $3,254,742) | Brainwash Gang |
| | Project Warlock II | $16.99 | 1,233 80% | 37k | $628k (exactly $628,460) | Buckshot Software | |
| | KILLER INN | · EA | $9.99 | 670 44% | 20k | $201k (exactly $200,799) | Square Enix, Tactic Studios |
| | Lust 'n Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 212 66% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,536) | Octo Games | |
 | Gachi: Space Orgasm | older | $1.99 | 156 75% | 4.7k | $9.3k (exactly $9,313) | Octo Games |
 | Elden Gunfire | older | $13.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $9.2k (exactly $9,233) | Amonga99 |
 | The Sand Knight | older | $14.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | LAN Line Games, Iso Sprites, BW Game De… (LAN Line Games, Iso Sprites, BW Game Developers) |
 | Dice Knight: Mystery of the Moirai | older | $11.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Die of Death Games |
 | Peaceful Gunner | older | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | KomBits Game Studio |
 | Dead Z Meat | $9.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | ISTOM Games | |
 | Shadow Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Celestial Knight Studios |
 | NO MORE HUMANS | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | NO MORE HUMANS | |
 | Viking Breaker | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Gamific, Kode Game Studio | |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald | |
 | MEKANION | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | SYW Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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