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Should I ship a Medieval Top-Down Shooter?
Top-Down Shooter + Medieval
Of 40 developers who shipped a Medieval Top-Down Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 79 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×539 the market median. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 79 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) |
| Top 5% | $256k (exactly $256,106) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 104 |
| Announced | 79 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 10% fewer 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.
- Top-Down Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Top-Down Shooter; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Top-Down, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,908 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 79 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Top-Down Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + VampiresFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + World War IIFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcheryFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
Comparable games
Rustler (Grand Theft Horse) 2021 · $920k 
Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors 2026 · $390k 
Crafty Survivors 2025 · $256k 
DunHero 2026 · $143k 
LEVEL UP 80 2024 · $119k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rustler (Grand Theft Horse) | older | $24.99 | 1,227 78% | 37k | $920k (exactly $919,882) | Jutsu Games |
| | Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors | $9.99 | 1,301 79% | 39k | $390k (exactly $389,910) | Soulpotion | |
| | Crafty Survivors | $11.99 | 712 83% | 21k | $256k (exactly $256,106) | Flannel Bear Games | |
| | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
| | LEVEL UP 80 | older | $39.99 | 99 79% | 3.0k | $119k (exactly $118,770) | Galactic Geckon |
 | 东方栖霞园 ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere. | older | $9.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,011) | 东方祈华梦制作组 |
 | Pixel Survivors : Roguelike | older | $3.99 | 374 79% | 11k | $45k (exactly $44,768) | Amrita |
 | REMEDIUM | · EA older | $17.99 | 68 66% | 2.0k | $37k (exactly $36,700) | Sobaka Studio |
 | REMEDIUM: Sentinels | older | $4.99 | 196 66% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,341) | Sobaka Studio |
 | Slash Quest | older | $4.99 | 144 88% | 4.3k | $22k (exactly $21,557) | Big Green Pillow, Mother Gaia Studio |
 | Kill A Million Rats | $10.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $21k (exactly $21,101) | Nerdook Productions | |
 | Ride The Dragon: The Awakening of the Dragon Tamer | $10.99 | 41 56% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $13,518) | Matariki Studios Co., Ltd | |
 | Swamp Keeper | $3.99 | 82 96% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Maetdol Games | |
 | Claws of Soria: Escape the Succubus Night | $12.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | Byakko MeiMei | |
 | Hell Survivors | · EA | $7.99 | 38 55% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | Aerilon |
 | Dark Reaper Shoots! 2 | $5.31 | 52 69% | 1.6k | $8.3k (exactly $8,284) | SummerTimeStudio | |
 | Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn | $3.99 | 63 93% | 1.9k | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) | MrDoth |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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