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Should I ship a Stealth Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Stealth
Only 10 developers shipped a Stealth 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, Arken Age, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $1.3k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Top 5% | $803k (exactly $802,599) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1420% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Stealth
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 68% positive over 1,418 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 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
Crysis 2 Remastered 2022 · $8.1M 
Crysis 3 Remastered 2022 · $7.0M 
Deceive Inc. 2023 · $2.9M 
Perfect Heist 2 2021 · $1.1M 
Arken Age 2025 · $803k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Deceive Inc. | older | $19.99 | 4,755 84% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) | Sweet Bandits Studios |
| | Perfect Heist 2 | older | $9.99 | 3,711 94% | 111k | $1.1M (exactly $1,112,187) | yeswecamp |
| | Arken Age | $39.99 | 669 90% | 20k | $803k (exactly $802,599) | VitruviusVR | |
 | Wild Bastards | older | $34.99 | 616 74% | 18k | $647k (exactly $646,615) | Blue Manchu |
 | Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque | older | $14.99 | 930 96% | 28k | $418k (exactly $418,221) | Nidal Nijm Games |
 | KILLER INN | · EA | $9.99 | 670 44% | 20k | $201k (exactly $200,799) | Square Enix, Tactic Studios |
 | Deadrock Salvation | $9.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Ghost Machine | |
 | Agent in Depth | older | $2.99 | 108 93% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave |
 | Cat Apocalypse | · EA | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Rocket Regios studios |
 | Relicbound | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | BT Studios | |
 | Zombies In Valkeala | $2.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | SUSPECTO | · EA | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | YORQ Studios |
 | Faith Of Life _ Survive Edition | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Faith Studio Team | |
 | Secret Bureau | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Virtual Video Games | |
 | 协议战线 | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 疼本树奈奈 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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