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Should I ship a Horror Sniper game?
Sniper + Horror
Only 6 developers shipped a Horror Sniper game 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, Sniper Killer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $13k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $13,495) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,790) |
| Top 5% | $222k (exactly $222,295) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sniper
- Price point
- $11.99 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 $44.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 39,990 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Bullet TimePoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 · $19M 
Zombie Army 4: Dead War 2021 · $15M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013 · $1.6M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013 · $1.4M 
Children of the Sun 2024 · $902k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zombie Army Trilogy | older | $44.99 | 14,285 85% | 429k | $19M (exactly $19,280,464) | Rebellion |
| | Zombie Army 4: Dead War | older | $49.99 | 10,028 86% | 301k | $15M (exactly $15,038,992) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army | older | $14.99 | 3,557 88% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,583) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,020 84% | 91k | $1.4M (exactly $1,358,094) | · |
| | Children of the Sun | older | $14.99 | 2,005 92% | 60k | $902k (exactly $901,648) | René Rother |
 | Sniper Killer | $11.99 | 618 86% | 19k | $222k (exactly $222,295) | Black Eyed Priest, Henry Hoare | |
 | Save Room - Organization Puzzle | older | $2.99 | 2,033 97% | 61k | $182k (exactly $182,360) | Fractal Projects |
 | Clownfield 2042 | older | $0.99 | 3,964 84% | 119k | $118k (exactly $117,731) | RIVERSIDE SPORTS |
 | Masked Forces: Zombie Survival | older | $4.99 | 359 70% | 11k | $54k (exactly $53,742) | Nightbinder |
 | Project RIP | older | $13.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $51k (exactly $50,784) | Storming Tech |
 | Source Code | $19.99 | 33 60% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Blitzball.Inc | |
 | The Dawn: Sniper's Way | $24.99 | 18 22% | 540 | $13k (exactly $13,495) | PHOSPHORUS GAMES | |
 | Gun Reflex VR | $8.99 | 42 61% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | OBGames | |
 | BOTMARE | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Junchen Li | |
 | Streamer VS Zombie | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ArachniGAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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