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Should I ship a Nature Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Nature
Only 11 developers shipped a Nature 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, Hunter Moonstrike : Ai NPCs version, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 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 $180 against a market of $1.3k. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $178 (exactly $178) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 5% | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 37% positive over 24 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 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
Dynamic Shooting VR 2024 · $4.8k 
Bow Man 2021 · $1.9k 
Hunter Moonstrike : Ai NPCs version 2025 · $1.9k 
In Search of Freedom 2026 · $1.6k 
Story of the Olivia 2025 · $1.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
| | Bow Man | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | CnockCnock |
| | Hunter Moonstrike : Ai NPCs version | $15.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) | 10nstudio | |
| | In Search of Freedom | $10.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Pierucci Studios | |
| | Story of the Olivia | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Gunner Deadly Expedition | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Funkuisu |
 | Mistake | older | $0.99 | 44 90% | 1.3k | $1.3k (exactly $1,307) | Five Percents |
 | NUC: After The Blast | older | $0.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $475 (exactly $475) | Leakage Games |
 | BROWN BOB | older | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | IVAN SHEPTUNOV |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Faith Of Life _ Survive Edition | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Faith Studio Team | |
 | 3D Raid River | $0.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | MLB-Miagui | |
 | Dude The Dark Agent | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ismail ozel games | |
 | Lucky Pikinini - IMS Intelligence Corp | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Lucky Pikinini | |
 | Escape: Zombie Maze | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VELİ ARIK |
 | Ninety-NIne (99) | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Venzo Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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