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Should I ship a Modern-Day Sniper game?
Sniper + Modern
Only 7 developers shipped a Modern-Day Sniper game 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, WARDOGS, 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, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $17k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,776) |
| Top 25% | $481k (exactly $480,959) |
| Top 5% | $70M (exactly $69,882,525) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| 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 up 5045% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, 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
- Sniper
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 75,403 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Bullet TimePoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
WARDOGS 2026 · EA · $70M 
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 2021 · $15M 
Dagger Directive 2026 · $481k 
Crossfire: Sierra Squad 2023 · $431k 
AXYOS 2018 · $244k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WARDOGS | · EA | $39.99 | 58,250 81% | 1.7M | $70M (exactly $69,882,525) | BULKHEAD |
| | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 | older | $39.99 | 12,781 83% | 383k | $15M (exactly $15,333,366) | CI Games |
| | Dagger Directive | $19.99 | 802 83% | 24k | $481k (exactly $480,959) | Arcane Alpacas LLC | |
| | Crossfire: Sierra Squad | older | $29.99 | 479 73% | 14k | $431k (exactly $430,956) | Smilegate |
| | AXYOS | older | $4.99 | 1,629 52% | 49k | $244k (exactly $243,861) | Axyos Games |
 | Shooters, Ready! | $4.99 | 807 99% | 24k | $121k (exactly $120,808) | おこめたべたべず | |
 | KILLRUN | older | $4.99 | 153 67% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | BULKHEAD |
 | ANIME WAR — Modern Campaign | older | $1.99 | 383 82% | 11k | $23k (exactly $22,865) | Konnichiwa Games |
 | Pirate Hunter | $6.99 | 80 87% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,776) | DIOsoft | |
 | Combat Troops VR | · EA older | $11.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | GAME PRESSURE STUDIO LTD |
 | Lucky Pikinini - Advanced Killer Cyborg | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lucky Pikinini | |
 | Sniper Reaction | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Saitama | |
 | Ether Core | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cogetsu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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