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Should I ship a Sniper Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Sniper
Only 6 developers shipped a Sniper 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, Gun Reflex VR, 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, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $1.3k. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,327) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Sniper
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Sniper
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 55% positive over 1,905 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 1 developer 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
AXYOS 2018 · $244k 
Gun Reflex VR 2025 · $11k 
Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare 2023 · $8.1k 
Struggle Offensive 2020 · EA · $7.9k 
DuelVox 2020 · $3.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | AXYOS | older | $4.99 | 1,629 52% | 49k | $244k (exactly $243,861) | Axyos Games |
| | Gun Reflex VR | $8.99 | 42 61% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | OBGames | |
| | Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare | older | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Cactus VR Studios |
| | Struggle Offensive | · EA older | $1.99 | 132 63% | 4.0k | $7.9k (exactly $7,880) | OXO Games |
| | DuelVox | older | $4.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Makber | older | $12.99 | 9 11% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | celikgames |
 | Special Ops: Operation Assault | older | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Merla Games |
 | Cyberless: Online | older | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | TeamCyberless |
 | Man in the Dark | older | $5.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Cactus Island |
 | Stealth Assault: Urban Strike | older | $2.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | HapGames |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Math4TopDogs | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mathsandcau | |
 | Turn Back The Powers Of Darkness | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 优博学智能科技 | |
 | Streamer VS Zombie | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ArachniGAMES | |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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