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Should I ship a Gun Customization Space Sim?
Gun Customization + Space Sim
Only 7 developers shipped a Gun Customization Space Sim 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, ERA ONE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.9k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.9k (exactly $3,857) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,375) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, Space Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,043 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Immersive SimPoor odds
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- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
ERA ONE 2025 · EA · $1.4M 
In The Black 2026 · EA · $50k 
Space Gray X 2024 · $36k 
Neon Striker 2025 · EA · $13k 
Gachi: Space Orgasm 2023 · $9.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ERA ONE | · EA | $29.99 | 1,575 86% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) | Team Complex LTD |
| | In The Black | · EA | $19.99 | 84 72% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Impeller Studios |
| | Space Gray X | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Neon Striker | · EA | $4.99 | 85 87% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Zeno's Adventure Team, Nickonhawk Games |
| | Gachi: Space Orgasm | older | $1.99 | 156 75% | 4.7k | $9.3k (exactly $9,313) | Octo Games |
 | Gravitators | older | $9.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Insular Games |
 | SPL: Skilled Pilots Live | · EA older | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Me Vs Game |
 | Orbitous | $2.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $3.9k (exactly $3,857) | Oddmin | |
 | Glory to the Robots! | older | $9.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Ilya873 |
 | Aeroplane Blaster | older | $4.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | khukhrovr |
 | Lone Voyage | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Ethan C (CMD_NU11) |
 | Rank: Warmaster Bunker Buster | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Laser Beams & Particle Streams Soft… (Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc.) | |
 | Don't PANIC! | · EA | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | YuTech |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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