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Should I ship a Spectacle fighter Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Spectacle fighter
Only 4 developers shipped a Spectacle fighter Hero Shooter in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: 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.. 14 more are announced, ×7.0 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 $0 against a market of $1.3k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $446 (exactly $446) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,028) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,316) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 856 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 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
illWill 2023 · $167k 
Rescue Operation 2021 · $30k 
Federation77 2022 · $29k 
Touhou Brawl 2026 · $14k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | illWill | older | $19.99 | 279 91% | 8.4k | $167k (exactly $167,316) | Slava Bushuev |
| | Rescue Operation | older | $3.99 | 253 87% | 7.6k | $30k (exactly $30,284) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Federation77 | older | $9.99 | 96 78% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | MIROWIN |
| | Touhou Brawl | $11.99 | 39 51% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | FIVE DUCK GAMES | |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Deadfall | older | $9.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | BekkerDev Studio |
 | Nuclear Fighter | older | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Defense high | older | $4.99 | 42 71% | 1.3k | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) | TowerSergi |
 | Cemetery Warrior V | older | $3.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Falco Software |
 | Hijacker Jack : ARCADE FMV | older | $1.99 | 63 65% | 1.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,761) | New IDEA Games |
 | ARO dangerous campaign | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexander Sevastianov | |
 | Task Code Foolish | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bgame | |
 | Stay in the rhythm | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Game Virgo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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