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Should I ship a Twin Stick Shooter Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 8 developers shipped a Twin Stick Shooter 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, HoverGrease 2, 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, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $900 against a market of $1.3k. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,393) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 up 3485% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Twin Stick 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 894 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 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
Mega City Force 2023 · $130k 
SEX with HITLER: 2069 2023 · $27k 
Krosfighter 2024 · $17k 
HoverGrease 2 2026 · $14k 
Random Heroes: Gold Edition 2020 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mega City Force | older | $14.99 | 289 76% | 8.7k | $130k (exactly $129,963) | Undreamed Games |
| | SEX with HITLER: 2069 | older | $3.99 | 228 75% | 6.8k | $27k (exactly $27,292) | Adolf Games |
| | Krosfighter | older | $9.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | Doryah Games |
| | HoverGrease 2 | $19.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Altergaze | |
| | Random Heroes: Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 86 69% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Woblyware, Somepx |
 | Devader | older | $7.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Falkenbrew |
 | Void Prison | older | $2.99 | 80 80% | 2.4k | $7.2k (exactly $7,176) | Lazy Flock |
 | Headbangers in Holiday Hell | older | $6.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Vikerlane, Hammer & Ravens |
 | 捜査官の試練INVESTIGATOR TRIALS | older | $3.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $5.1k (exactly $5,147) | GreenTeaGame |
 | Tanks, But No Tanks | older | $7.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Set Sail Games |
 | Blast Hopper | $5.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Heartscape Games | |
 | Harpoon Arena | $5.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | FairGoose | |
 | Red Siren: Space Defense | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | ISTOM Games | |
 | Data Drift: Cyberpunk Shooter Top Down indie action | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Napoterulle | |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | Task Code Foolish | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bgame | |
 | Guerilla Cubes | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FrameOneBros Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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