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Should I ship a Point & Click Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Point & Click
Only 5 developers shipped a Point & Click 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, CPU Invaders - Aim Hero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 2 more are announced.
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 $180 against a market of $1.3k. 2 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $716 (exactly $716) |
| Top 5% | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 2 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Point & Click
- Price point
- $1.99 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 $5.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 182 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 2 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Amazing Superhero Squad 2021 · $6.6k 
Fest Guests 2024 · $3.1k 
Bow Man 2021 · $1.9k 
Revenge of ILCOIN 2023 · $1.8k 
Rogues Adventure 2021 · $1.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Amazing Superhero Squad | older | $5.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Siberian Koala |
| | Fest Guests | older | $4.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Net Get Games |
| | Bow Man | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | CnockCnock |
| | Revenge of ILCOIN | older | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | FOCKA GAMES, ILCOIN GAMES |
| | Rogues Adventure | older | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | SammyLand |
 | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | Crazy Mafioso | older | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Rabotiagi games |
 | Miracle Brave: Beast Defense Line | $1.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | 1029studio | |
 | ARENIX | older | $1.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Volens Games |
 | Fox4Elite | older | $18.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $570 (exactly $570) | Plato Game Development |
 | Fallen Echo | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Old Man Studios | |
 | POPOLOGIST® Camera Slinger | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Joe Rey, POPOLOGY® Networks | |
 | Gafes Special Agent | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SeikaGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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