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Should I ship a Minigames Shooter?
Shooter + Minigames
Only 11 developers shipped a Minigames 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, Star Wars Outlaws, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×3.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $25M, ×41018 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Minigames
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 74% positive over 15,510 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Star Wars Outlaws 2024 · $26M 
Gunsmith Simulator 2024 · $2.4M 
Rayman Raving Rabbids™ 2008 · $578k 
pureya 2021 · $403k 
Mimicry 2022 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Star Wars Outlaws | $69.99 | 12,268 71% | 368k | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) | Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio | |
| | Gunsmith Simulator | $24.99 | 3,165 84% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,372,800) | GameHunters | |
| | Rayman Raving Rabbids™ | older | $9.99 | 1,930 84% | 58k | $578k (exactly $578,421) | Ubisoft Bulgaria, Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | pureya | older | $5.99 | 2,242 96% | 67k | $403k (exactly $402,887) | Majorariatto |
| | Mimicry | older | $4.99 | 248 78% | 7.4k | $37k (exactly $37,126) | Euphoria Games |
 | DragonRideVR | older | $14.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | TypeEh Studios |
 | On Point | $13.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Actuator Digital | |
 | dofbox | $4.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | dofhouse | |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards | |
 | Sniper Ships: Shoot'em Up on Rails | older | $4.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Sensen Games |
 | Buckle Up! | $6.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Chunky Pixel Games, STELLAR | |
 | QuackSquad | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Boxcutter L.A | |
 | Taco Terror | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | SimpleShutIn Productions | |
 | Spinochet | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Juriklabs | |
 | Nightmare Tides | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CHEN XIANGWEI |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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