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Should I ship a Hack and Slash Hero Shooter?

Hero Shooter + Hack and Slash

Only 7 developers shipped a Hack and Slash 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, Kvark, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×9.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.

Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $810 against a market of $1.3k. 29 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue down 95% on the market, 29 announced, ×9.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Hero Shooter + Hack and Slash
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 7
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.1k → $2.0k → $4.7k → $807
Outcomes for Hero Shooter + Hack and Slash: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 7
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $807 (exactly $807)
Top 25% $21k (exactly $21,279)
Top 5% $276k (exactly $276,462)
Developers, 2 yr 7
Released games 49
Announced 29
Effort 9 / 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 95% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Hack and Slash
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
9 / 10 · studio only
Systems
Hero Shooter, Hack and Slash
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,942 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $810, 1 in 4 over $21k, 1 in 20 over $270k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SimulationLong shot31 devs · median $478 · 28 announced
  2. + Bullet HellLong shot59 devs · median $449 · 56 announced
  3. + Boomer ShooterLong shot30 devs · median $210 · 21 announced
  4. + MedievalLong shot10 devs · median $150 · 12 announced
  5. + Online Co-OpPoor odds20 devs · median $7.2k · 51 announced
  6. + SuperheroPoor odds6 devs · median $6.3k · 11 announced
  7. + Battle RoyalePoor odds9 devs · median $3.6k · 29 announced
  8. + Co-opPoor odds22 devs · median $3.6k · 53 announced
  9. + PvPPoor odds27 devs · median $2.3k · 127 announced
  10. + PlatformerPoor odds21 devs · median $2.2k · 33 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds25 devs · median $2.1k · 68 announced
  12. + PhysicsPoor odds27 devs · median $1.6k · 34 announced

All 87 pairs on the Hero Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Bleeding Edge 2020 · $1.3M Kvark 2024 · $276k Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider 2023 · $249k WILD SEX: WET GIRLS 2023 · $61k METAL SUITS: Counter-attack 2025 · $21k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bleeding Edge older $29.99 1,411 66% 42k $1.3M (exactly $1,269,477) Ninja Theory
Kvark $19.99 461 86% 14k $276k (exactly $276,462) Latest Past, Perun Creative
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider older $16.99 489 85% 15k $249k (exactly $249,243) JoyMasher
WILD SEX: WET GIRLS older $9.99 203 60% 6.1k $61k (exactly $60,839) Octo Games
METAL SUITS: Counter-attack $9.99 71 77% 2.1k $21k (exactly $21,279) Gonggamore Contents
HoverGrease 2 $19.99 24 83% 720 $14k (exactly $14,393) Altergaze
Bakemono - Demon Brigade Tenmen Unit 01 · EA older $19.99 17 70% 510 $10k (exactly $10,195) SuperSane Games
Agent in Depth older $2.99 108 93% 3.2k $9.7k (exactly $9,688) Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave
Bankrupt Heroines older $1.99 147 91% 4.4k $8.8k (exactly $8,776) TTeokLeaf
SpearFrog older $24.99 11 81% 330 $8.2k (exactly $8,247) Gamesforgames
Save Me My Hero $2.99 9 77% 270 $807 (exactly $807) NextDay
Urban Rangers Arcade 2 $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Anthems-0
ZeroPoint · EA $3.99 1 100% 30 $120 (exactly $120) Aysert Games
Wisp Gunner $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) 000ghost

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.