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Should I ship an On-Rails Shooter Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + On-Rails Shooter
Only 4 developers shipped an On-Rails Shooter Hero Shooter in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.1k against a market of $1.3k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $36k (exactly $35,986) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 18%, 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
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 170 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 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
Operation Night Strikers 2025 · $36k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k 
ATTACK OF THE EVIL POOP 2019 · $7.2k 
Dynamic Shooting VR 2024 · $4.8k 
Smokyflex 2022 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Operation Night Strikers | $24.99 | 48 77% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | M2 Co., Ltd. | |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | ATTACK OF THE EVIL POOP | older | $7.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | AN Games |
| | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
| | Smokyflex | older | $12.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Gamesforgames |
 | Wild Gun | older | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | KIMYS STUDIO |
 | Cyborg: Rise | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | fish world | |
 | Ping Pong Pufferfish | older | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Xenon Lu |
 | Starship 43 - The Last Astronaut VR | older | $17.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | Thetis Games |
 | Kuggs | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Forrest Powell |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | lone shadow | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | Alien Shooters | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Frame Sixty LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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