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Should I ship a Lovecraftian Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Lovecraftian
Only 11 developers shipped a Lovecraftian 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, The Sinking City 2, 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 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.1k, ×3.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×1412 the market median. Revenue is up 1085% on the market; 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,452) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,114,577) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 1085% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Lovecraftian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,823 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019 · $57M 
SIGNALIS 2022 · $18M 
Returnal™ 2023 · $12M 
The Sinking City Remastered 2021 · $6.4M 
Silent Hill Homecoming 2008 · $3.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Remnant: From the Ashes | older | $39.99 | 47,193 84% | 1.4M | $57M (exactly $56,617,442) | Gunfire Games |
| | SIGNALIS | older | $19.99 | 30,601 96% | 918k | $18M (exactly $18,351,420) | rose-engine |
| | Returnal™ | older | $59.99 | 6,602 79% | 198k | $12M (exactly $11,881,619) | Housemarque, Climax Studios |
| | The Sinking City Remastered | older | $39.99 | 5,361 75% | 161k | $6.4M (exactly $6,431,592) | Frogwares |
| | Silent Hill Homecoming | older | $39.99 | 2,642 47% | 79k | $3.2M (exactly $3,169,607) | Double Helix Games |
 | The Sinking City 2 | $49.99 | 1,410 83% | 42k | $2.1M (exactly $2,114,577) | Frogwares | |
 | Alone in the Dark: Illumination™ | older | $19.99 | 275 24% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Pure FPS |
 | Death In Abyss | $19.99 | 146 82% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $87,556) | Agelvik | |
 | SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL | $11.99 | 93 89% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,452) | GasGod Games, GLUE MAN | |
 | project BLARI | older | $5.99 | 153 87% | 4.6k | $27k (exactly $27,494) | MaxEstLa |
 | Project Tower | $9.99 | 76 75% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Yummy Games | |
 | Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One | $4.50 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) | RedDot Studios | |
 | From Hell | · EA | $12.99 | 13 30% | 390 | $5.1k (exactly $5,066) | Tomas Novak |
 | The Mansion of The Macabre | $14.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Team Tatou | |
 | Wall Of Insanity 2 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | VenomizedArt | |
 | BERENICE: Videogame | $3.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | SATORI Ent. | |
 | Bearly Alive | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Falling Light |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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