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Should I ship a Logic Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Logic
Only 16 developers shipped a Logic 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, Brickadia, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $761k (exactly $761,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 190% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,017 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Brickadia 2025 · EA · $761k 
Haydee 3 2025 · $289k 
Welcome to Doll Town 2026 · $53k 
Zombodesert 2024 · $18k 
Mess Adventures 2 2022 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Brickadia | · EA | $19.99 | 1,269 81% | 38k | $761k (exactly $761,019) | Brickadia, LLC |
| | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
| | Welcome to Doll Town | $4.99 | 351 42% | 11k | $53k (exactly $52,545) | Bad Wish Games | |
| | Zombodesert | older | $49.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $18k (exactly $17,996) | Gamesforgames |
| | Mess Adventures 2 | older | $4.99 | 86 81% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Marvelous Games |
 | Lost Islands | older | $34.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $10k (exactly $10,497) | Glitch Studio |
 | Deadblast | older | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Gamesforgames |
 | Skuf vs beer bottle party | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Sofie: The Echoes™ | $4.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Working Game Studio Ltd. | |
 | Stopping Move | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Besitupia: Mediator | $5.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Oppressive HellMode | |
 | IntelRoach | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Chernoknizhnikov Ilya | |
 | Prophecrawl | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Michael Richard Lannon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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