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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Post-apocalyptic
Of 24 developers who shipped a Post-apocalyptic Hero Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 41 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.7 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300. 41 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 10% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,394) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 107 |
| Announced | 41 |
| 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 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 578 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 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
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M 
Crysis 2 Remastered 2022 · $8.1M 
Crysis 3 Remastered 2022 · $7.0M 
Eximius: Seize the Frontline 2021 · $306k 
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider 2023 · $249k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare | older | $59.99 | 17,489 65% | 525k | $31M (exactly $31,474,953) | Infinity Ward |
| | Crysis 2 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 9,034 89% | 271k | $8.1M (exactly $8,127,890) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Crysis 3 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 7,731 88% | 232k | $7.0M (exactly $6,955,581) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Eximius: Seize the Frontline | older | $19.99 | 511 74% | 15k | $306k (exactly $306,447) | Ammobox Studios |
| | Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider | older | $16.99 | 489 85% | 15k | $249k (exactly $249,243) | JoyMasher |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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