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Should I ship a Level Editor Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Level Editor
Only 10 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, s&box, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.9k, ×4.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $1.5M, ×1024 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) |
| Top 25% | $158k (exactly $158,321) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,533,865) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 32%, 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
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Level Editor
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 50% positive over 5,801 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
s&box 2026 · $1.5M 
Haydee 2 2020 · $1.2M 
Black One Blood Brothers 2022 · EA · $737k 
Cloudbuilt 2014 · $479k 
Haydee 3 2025 · $289k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | s&box | $9.99 | 5,118 46% | 154k | $1.5M (exactly $1,533,865) | Facepunch Studios | |
| | Haydee 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,649 87% | 49k | $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) | Haydee Interactive |
| | Black One Blood Brothers | · EA older | $17.99 | 1,366 78% | 41k | $737k (exactly $737,230) | Helios Studio |
| | Cloudbuilt | older | $19.99 | 798 86% | 24k | $479k (exactly $478,561) | Coilworks |
| | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
 | Command & Conquer Renegade™ | older | $6.96 | 851 83% | 26k | $178k (exactly $177,689) | Westwood Studios |
 | Block Fortress 2 | $19.99 | 264 81% | 7.9k | $158k (exactly $158,321) | Foursaken Media | |
 | Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 89% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Kamyker |
 | Heavenworld | older | $11.99 | 232 59% | 7.0k | $83k (exactly $83,450) | Helios Production |
 | Realistic Ragdoll Sandbox | older | $2.99 | 488 88% | 15k | $44k (exactly $43,774) | RelvasDev |
 | Sex Shop Simulator: Sinful Girls | $7.99 | 57 43% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Bits, Bytes & Sins | |
 | Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins Enhanced | $6.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | KDV Games | |
 | Rubble Eats The World | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | nocanwin | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | Attribute2 | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | GreatZaochen | |
 | Tank Busters | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | tankotableat |
 | Alien Raid | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 程进 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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