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Should I ship a Superhero Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Superhero
Only 6 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Superhero Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.3k, ×4.7 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×116 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,480) |
| Top 5% | $156k (exactly $155,800) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 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 75% positive over 1,087 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + AliensPoor odds
Comparable games
Superhero Simulator 2025 · EA · $156k 
STARVAULT VR 2026 · $49k 
Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare 2023 · $8.1k 
Magic War 2022 · $7.5k 
Amazing Superhero Squad 2021 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Superhero Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 867 73% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,800) | mightyraccoon! Studios |
| | STARVAULT VR | $24.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Theia Games | |
| | Cactus Cowboy - Desert Warfare | older | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Cactus VR Studios |
| | Magic War | older | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | Gamesforgames |
| | Amazing Superhero Squad | older | $5.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Siberian Koala |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Hologram | older | $19.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Enlighteneer |
 | Doom Survivor: Horde Rush | $2.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Crazy Studio | |
 | Gangsta: The Return | older | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka, Blackth… (Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka, Blackthug) |
 | Sonny The Mad Man: Casual Arcade Shooter | older | $2.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | The Lonely Developer |
 | ZeroPoint | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Aysert Games |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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