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Should I ship a Sci-fi Hunting game?
Hunting + Sci-fi
Only 12 developers shipped a Sci-fi Hunting 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, EXELIO, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $10k, ×16 the market median. Revenue is up 1230% on the market; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,195) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 1230% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Hunting
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 81 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition 2020 · $144M 
Stranded: Alien Dawn 2023 · $10M 
Aliens vs. Predator™ 2010 · $7.3M 
LIVE A LIVE 2023 · $1.2M 
The Rule of Land: Pioneers 2023 · $99k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 95,804 87% | 2.9M | $144M (exactly $143,677,259) | Guerrilla |
| | Stranded: Alien Dawn | older | $34.99 | 9,715 84% | 291k | $10M (exactly $10,197,836) | Haemimont Games |
| | Aliens vs. Predator™ | older | $14.99 | 16,268 91% | 488k | $7.3M (exactly $7,315,720) | Rebellion |
| | LIVE A LIVE | older | $49.99 | 785 85% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,177,264) | Square Enix, historia Inc. |
| | The Rule of Land: Pioneers | older | $10.99 | 301 65% | 9.0k | $99k (exactly $99,240) | Horgee Games |
 | EXELIO | · EA | $19.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | AI Frog Interactive, Inc. |
 | Full Quiet | older | $9.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $9.3k (exactly $9,291) | Retrotainment Games |
 | Raccoon on a boat | $5.99 | 33 60% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | PUMPKIM | |
 | ADAPTR | older | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | ProjectorGames |
 | Isles of Silence | · EA older | $5.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | Lonely Frontier Studio |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | Morels: Out of this World | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Abrams Studios LLC | |
 | HANGRY™ | · EA | $14.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Game Pill |
 | Twisted Chance Online | · EA | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | Fantasy World |
 | HOTWING HELLIONS | $3.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $315 (exactly $315) | LOCHNESSLABS | |
 | Silent Woods | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SQUAD24, Elermond Studio |
 | NULL SECTOR: LAST PROTOCOL | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | ringer |
 | Mesh Replica | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Lesser Imp Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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