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Should I ship a Shoot 'Em Up Hunting game?
Hunting + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 11 developers shipped a Shoot 'Em Up 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, The Original Moorhuhn Hunt, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,558) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 45% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hunting
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Shoot 'Em Up; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 1990's, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 94% positive over 197 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
Death in the Water 2 2023 · $780k 
IS Defense 2016 · $263k 
Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 2019 · $212k 
Dinosis Survival 2017 · $52k 
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Death in the Water 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,734 83% | 52k | $780k (exactly $779,780) | Lighthouse Games Studio |
| | IS Defense | older | $5.99 | 1,465 91% | 44k | $263k (exactly $263,260) | Destructive Creations |
| | Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 | older | $4.99 | 1,415 74% | 42k | $212k (exactly $211,826) | Lighthouse Games Studio |
| | Dinosis Survival | older | $5.99 | 291 55% | 8.7k | $52k (exactly $52,293) | Corpix Games |
| | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X | older | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | Freediving Hunter Spearfishing the World | older | $19.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Strongbox3d |
 | BangBang PewPew | older | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Molerat Digital Art Ltd. |
 | Agent 01 | older | $19.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Big Buck Backshots | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Hilltop Games | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | Dinosaur Zoo VR : Dinosaur Hunting | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dani360_studios | |
 | Zombie Outbreak: Undead Survival | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Squad Cell | |
 | Kunoichi's Cadence | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | CodeBlues | |
 | ULTRA X-TREME HUNTING SIMULATOR 2001 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Ref | |
 | Kite Hunter | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WhiteClockGames | |
 | Gut Grease | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Michael Medearis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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