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Stealth + Level Editor
Only 6 developers shipped a Level Editor Stealth 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, Project Breakout, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $7.7k, ×12 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) |
| Top 5% | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 400% 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.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Level Editor
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 57,182 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Nuclear Option 2023 · EA · $6.2M 
Far Cry® 2 2008 · $5.2M 
Intruder 2019 · EA · $3.3M 
Gunpoint 2013 · $3.1M 
Fallen Aces 2024 · EA · $3.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nuclear Option | · EA older | $19.99 | 10,275 95% | 308k | $6.2M (exactly $6,161,917) | Shockfront Studios |
| | Far Cry® 2 | older | $9.99 | 17,359 75% | 521k | $5.2M (exactly $5,202,492) | Ubisoft Montreal |
| | Intruder | · EA older | $19.99 | 5,435 90% | 163k | $3.3M (exactly $3,259,369) | Superboss Games |
| | Gunpoint | older | $9.99 | 10,276 97% | 308k | $3.1M (exactly $3,079,717) | Suspicious Developments |
| | Fallen Aces | · EA older | $14.99 | 6,608 96% | 198k | $3.0M (exactly $2,971,618) | Trey Powell, Jason Bond |
 | Perfect Heist 2 | older | $9.99 | 3,711 94% | 111k | $1.1M (exactly $1,112,187) | yeswecamp |
 | Black One Blood Brothers | · EA older | $17.99 | 1,366 78% | 41k | $737k (exactly $737,230) | Helios Studio |
 | Shadwen | older | $16.99 | 1,049 77% | 31k | $535k (exactly $534,675) | Frozenbyte |
 | Stealth Bastard Deluxe | older | $12.99 | 724 88% | 22k | $282k (exactly $282,143) | Curve Studios |
 | Volume | older | $19.99 | 379 79% | 11k | $227k (exactly $227,286) | Bithell Games |
 | Project Breakout | $9.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | maxkerpen | |
 | Hollow Hide | $4.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Renderise | |
 | AO: Containment Breach | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Prismatix- |
 | Black Powder Box | · EA | $3.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Hollow Frame Games |
 | Exit Strategy | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kevin Smith | |
 | Cyber Spartan | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PLICA GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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