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Should I ship a Sniper Hunting game?
Hunting + Sniper
Only 6 developers shipped a Sniper 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.. 7 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,558) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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, Sniper
- Price point
- $4.99 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 94% positive over 2,720 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Save Room - Organization Puzzle 2022 · $182k 
Zombie Training Simulator 2016 · $136k 
Project Hunt 2024 · $116k 
Russian Hunter 2022 · $31k 
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt 2025 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Save Room - Organization Puzzle | older | $2.99 | 2,033 97% | 61k | $182k (exactly $182,360) | Fractal Projects |
| | Zombie Training Simulator | older | $19.99 | 227 92% | 6.8k | $136k (exactly $136,132) | Acceleroto, Inc. |
| | Project Hunt | older | $24.99 | 155 88% | 4.7k | $116k (exactly $116,204) | Mind Mythic |
| | Russian Hunter | older | $24.99 | 41 39% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Piece Of Voxel |
| | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Hunting Unlimited 1 | older | $9.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | SCS Software |
 | Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X | older | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | BangBang PewPew | older | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Molerat Digital Art Ltd. |
 | Deer Hunt Legends | older | $4.99 | 25 20% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Raylight Games |
 | Aim Trainer - Shooting Range | older | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Merla Games |
 | The Shape Killer - Sniper Game | $4.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | SouthBoxStudio | |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | Wild Hunter VR | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Squad Cell |
 | Dinosaur Hunting Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Primal Sands VR | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GameIN FZ LLE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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