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Should I ship a Metroidvania Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Metroidvania
Only 7 developers shipped a Metroidvania 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, Haydee 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $5.4k against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $56,681) |
| Top 5% | $289k (exactly $288,804) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $16.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Metroidvania
- 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, Metroidvania
- Price point
- $16.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 61,606 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.4k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 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
CONTROL Ultimate Edition 2020 · $61M 
Haydee 2016 · $2.8M 
ReCore: Definitive Edition 2018 · $864k 
Shadow Man Remastered 2021 · $820k 
Escape Dead Island 2014 · $567k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | CONTROL Ultimate Edition | older | $39.99 | 50,602 86% | 1.5M | $61M (exactly $60,707,219) | Remedy Entertainment |
| | Haydee | older | $14.99 | 6,226 84% | 187k | $2.8M (exactly $2,799,832) | Haydee Interactive |
| | ReCore: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,441 62% | 43k | $864k (exactly $864,168) | Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept |
| | Shadow Man Remastered | older | $19.99 | 1,368 94% | 41k | $820k (exactly $820,390) | Nightdive Studios, Acclaim Studios Tees… (Nightdive Studios, Acclaim Studios Teesside) |
| | Escape Dead Island | older | $14.99 | 1,261 60% | 38k | $567k (exactly $567,072) | Fatshark |
 | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
 | Recompile | older | $19.99 | 145 67% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Phigames |
 | Tamarin | older | $29.99 | 78 60% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Chameleon Games |
 | Otherskin | $29.99 | 63 69% | 1.9k | $57k (exactly $56,681) | Game Atelier | |
 | Dad Quest | older | $12.99 | 101 86% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Sundae Month |
 | Maseylia : Echoes of the Past | $16.99 | 61 80% | 1.8k | $31k (exactly $31,092) | Sol Brothers | |
 | Virballs | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Bolder Games, Chimera Studios | |
 | Scurge: Hive | $14.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Orbital Media | |
 | Besitupia: Mediator | $5.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Oppressive HellMode | |
 | cultivation of the strong | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PengStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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