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Should I ship a Runner Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Runner
Only 6 developers shipped a Runner 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, Prison Escape Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.2k against a market of $1.3k. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,160) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Runner
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 123 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k 
Prison Escape Simulator 2025 · $5.4k 
DeadBlitZ 2024 · $3.7k 
Maniac Path 3 2024 · $3.6k 
War Of Gold 2021 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Prison Escape Simulator | $9.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | PEGAX Studios | |
| | DeadBlitZ | older | $24.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $3.7k (exactly $3,748) | Mewzur |
| | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
| | War Of Gold | older | $4.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | GUN.DOG.REVENGE | $4.00 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,160) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | Cyber Hunter: Awakening | older | $4.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | FAMOUS PRODUCTION |
 | Rogues Adventure | older | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | SammyLand |
 | Moon Bullet | older | $3.21 | 14 71% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | Jorge Aires |
 | The Pirate King Ultimate | older | $6.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | KATSU |
 | DEFENSORES DEL BARRIO | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | PERNICH MEDIA | |
 | ARO dangerous campaign | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Sevastianov | |
 | Hallway Gunners | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Finbox Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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