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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Shooter?
Shooter + Martial Arts
Only 12 developers shipped a Martial-Arts 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, Suit for Hire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.2k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×2337 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) |
| Top 25% | $915k (exactly $915,384) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,467,371) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 7,771 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014 · $42M 
Suit for Hire 2025 · $1.5M 
Killer Bean 2026 · EA · $1.0M 
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition 2017 · $949k 
KIBORG 2025 · $915k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 70,499 94% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $42,278,250) | United Front Games, Feral Interactive (… (United Front Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | Suit for Hire | $14.99 | 3,263 92% | 98k | $1.5M (exactly $1,467,371) | Godmode Interactive | |
| | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
| | Redeemer: Enhanced Edition | older | $11.99 | 2,637 87% | 79k | $949k (exactly $948,529) | Sobaka Studio |
| | KIBORG | $24.99 | 1,221 84% | 37k | $915k (exactly $915,384) | Sobaka Studio | |
 | Hellsweeper VR | older | $19.99 | 519 85% | 16k | $311k (exactly $311,244) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd |
 | Brush Burial: Gutter World | $9.99 | 838 93% | 25k | $251k (exactly $251,149) | Knife Demon Software | |
 | Ninja Stealth | older | $4.99 | 912 76% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,526) | SC Jogos |
 | Lithium City | older | $7.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $69k (exactly $68,554) | Nico Tuason |
 | Finnish Cabin Mayhem - Mökkimähinä | $4.99 | 129 94% | 3.9k | $19k (exactly $19,311) | Sophisticated keppana enjoyers | |
 | Demonslayer AKA Me | $7.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | 晶尘工作室 | |
 | Bedroom Battlegrounds | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | WCHC | |
 | SCP : A Star Replicator | · EA | $6.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Studio Serpent |
 | Shuriken Practice 3 | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | myBad Studios | |
 | Night Drone | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | ARTGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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