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Should I ship a Score Attack Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Score Attack
Only 15 developers shipped a Score Attack 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.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $90 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 5% | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 up 1390% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
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
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Score Attack; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 90 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 6 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
Desperate Vlad 2022 · $33k 
Radio Viscera 2021 · $9.0k 
Nuclear Fighter 2022 · $8.2k 
Slot Shots Pinball Collection 2022 · $7.2k 
Dynamic Shooting VR 2024 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Desperate Vlad | older | $14.99 | 73 84% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | MIROWIN |
| | Radio Viscera | older | $19.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Fire Face Corporation |
| | Nuclear Fighter | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Slot Shots Pinball Collection | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Pinblend Studios |
| | 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 |
 | Cyber Hunter: Awakening | older | $4.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | FAMOUS PRODUCTION |
 | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | Scribble Fight | older | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | HEG Games |
 | Gunner Deadly Expedition | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Funkuisu |
 | Rip & Tear | $4.90 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,470) | CJ | |
 | Bullet Head | $2.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Warkuda | |
 | DEFENSORES DEL BARRIO | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | PERNICH MEDIA | |
 | Survivors Dawn: Zombie World | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Uygar Bursalıoğlu | |
 | Math4TopDogs | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mathsandcau | |
 | The Crystalline Realm | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | T's Gaming Emporium | |
 | BallMan | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | CAESARGAMES91 | |
 | Data Drift: Cyberpunk Shooter Top Down indie action | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Napoterulle | |
 | Visitors | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | W&R Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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