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Should I ship a Magic Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Magic
Only 15 developers shipped a Magic 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, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 36 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×0.5 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 36 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper, while revenue is up 60% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $716 (exactly $716) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,646,484) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Magic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 5,366 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap 2025 · $3.6M 
Project Warlock II 2025 · $628k 
Avium 2024 · $23k 
The Lord of the Parties 2022 · $18k 
Krosfighter 2024 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap | $29.99 | 4,053 69% | 122k | $3.6M (exactly $3,646,484) | Robot Entertainment | |
| | Project Warlock II | $16.99 | 1,233 80% | 37k | $628k (exactly $628,460) | Buckshot Software | |
| | Avium | older | $29.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $23k (exactly $23,392) | The Robot |
| | The Lord of the Parties | older | $15.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,229) | Magic Cube, Dizcon |
| | Krosfighter | older | $9.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Doryah Games |
 | WarOfGods 2 | $29.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Mensa World | |
 | HellEscape | older | $3.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | RogoNess |
 | Cemetery Warrior V | older | $3.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Falco Software |
 | HEARTDUST | · EA | $6.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Heartbyte Studios |
 | Valkyrie Champions | older | $3.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Valorware |
 | Super Weapon Master 超级武器大师 | $3.99 | 21 57% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Idea Cat | |
 | SorcerialBladeCannon | $12.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | MACHINECODE | |
 | Save Me My Hero | $2.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | NextDay | |
 | Miracle Brave: Beast Defense Line | $1.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | 1029studio | |
 | SnaiL TraiL | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Legendary DEVasters | |
 | Band of Heroes | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | VoltNight Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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