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Should I ship a Hunting Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Hunting
Only 17 developers shipped a Hunting Third-Person 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, IfSunSets, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 34 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 85% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,369,715) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Hunting
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Hunting; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, RPG, Survival
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 2,917 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
IfSunSets 2024 · EA · $1.4M 
Hunt and Snare 2018 · EA · $648k 
Taora : Survival 2024 · EA · $148k 
Touhou Mechanical Scrollery | 幻想討幻経 2020 · $146k 
Afterinfection 2025 · $125k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IfSunSets | · EA | $19.99 | 2,284 74% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,369,715) | POLYMORPH |
| | Hunt and Snare | · EA older | $29.99 | 720 80% | 22k | $648k (exactly $647,784) | Ruffleneck, Hare, Drathek |
| | Taora : Survival | · EA older | $13.99 | 353 55% | 11k | $148k (exactly $148,154) | Tulpar Games |
| | Touhou Mechanical Scrollery | 幻想討幻経 | older | $19.99 | 243 53% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | 巫女さん作法 |
| | Afterinfection | $8.99 | 463 56% | 14k | $125k (exactly $124,871) | RePatrick21 | |
 | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
 | Dinosis Survival | older | $5.99 | 291 55% | 8.7k | $52k (exactly $52,293) | Corpix Games |
 | Ice World | $9.99 | 111 57% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | CoolRabbit Games | |
 | DAISY THE SWIMMER | older | $5.99 | 121 63% | 3.6k | $22k (exactly $21,744) | nStarcube |
 | Crowhille - Detective Case Files VR | older | $5.99 | 90 88% | 2.7k | $16k (exactly $16,173) | Saturn VR, NipsApp Gaming Software |
 | CHEMISTS: Dead Zone | · EA | $15.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $12k (exactly $11,513) | RPAX GAMING |
 | LivingForest | $15.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | LivingEveryday | |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | Twisted Chance Online | · EA | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | Fantasy World |
 | Money Theft 2: Heist | $3.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | DinoGORE | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Mills | |
 | Wendigo Land : Survive The Legend | · EA | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Apinat Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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