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Should I ship an MOBA Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + MOBA
Only 5 developers shipped a paid MOBA 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, Wild Assault, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 24 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $49k against a market of $1.3k. 24 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
|---|---|
| Median | $49k (exactly $49,480) |
| Top 25% | $86k (exactly $86,227) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,292) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 53%, 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
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, MOBA
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $9.99.
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 12,289 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 24 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 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
Gigantic: Rampage Edition 2024 · $2.3M 
Wild Assault 2026 · $1.7M 
Bleeding Edge 2020 · $1.3M 
AXYOS 2018 · $244k 
Monday Night Combat 2011 · $137k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gigantic: Rampage Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,795 65% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,862) | Abstraction Games |
| | Wild Assault | $14.99 | 3,861 68% | 116k | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,292) | Combat Cat Studio | |
| | Bleeding Edge | older | $29.99 | 1,411 66% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,477) | Ninja Theory |
| | AXYOS | older | $4.99 | 1,629 52% | 49k | $244k (exactly $243,861) | Axyos Games |
| | Monday Night Combat | older | $4.99 | 912 81% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,526) | Uber Entertainment |
 | Last Flag | $4.99 | 576 73% | 17k | $86k (exactly $86,227) | Night Street Games | |
 | STARVAULT VR | $24.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Theia Games | |
 | Heat and Run | · EA older | $10.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $9.2k (exactly $9,232) | DAMNATIO GAMES |
 | Mecha Party | older | $17.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $3.2k (exactly $3,238) | Shanghai Chenni Network Technology Co.,… (Shanghai Chenni Network Technology Co., Ltd.) |
 | Warriors Of Titus | older | $19.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Martin Kutlak |
 | Harpoon Arena | $5.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | FairGoose | |
 | Over Heroes | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Dog On God |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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