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Should I ship a Mythological Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Mythology
Only 12 developers shipped a Mythological Shoot 'Em Up 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, Touhou Spell Carnival, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,136) |
| Top 5% | $73k (exactly $73,485) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 75% positive over 392 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
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Comparable games
Skybreakers 2023 · $170k 
Cemetery Warrior 4 2019 · $78k 
Touhou Spell Carnival 2025 · $73k 
Journey to the West Survivor 2024 · $68k 
Ancient Cultivatrix 2025 · $65k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Skybreakers | older | $8.99 | 629 75% | 19k | $170k (exactly $169,641) | Bingo Studio |
| | Cemetery Warrior 4 | older | $29.99 | 87 68% | 2.6k | $78k (exactly $78,274) | Falco Software, kazakovstudios |
| | Touhou Spell Carnival | $49.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $73k (exactly $73,485) | Idea Factory, Compile Heart, STING | |
| | Journey to the West Survivor | older | $5.99 | 379 78% | 11k | $68k (exactly $68,106) | Buding Games |
| | Ancient Cultivatrix | $8.99 | 240 67% | 7.2k | $65k (exactly $64,728) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
 | UDONGEIN X | older | $4.99 | 417 92% | 13k | $62k (exactly $62,425) | Bar Holographic Otaku |
 | Westale: Peelgrimage | older | $4.99 | 411 66% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,527) | 两把刷子工作室 |
 | Touhou Kouzougi ～ Flickerframe Shutter Festival | $14.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Ryann Thierry | |
 | Schildmaid MX | older | $14.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | HitP Studio |
 | Godsvivors | older | $4.99 | 87 83% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,024) | Titan |
 | REM: The Dreamer | · EA | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Harmonia Games |
 | Eldabyss | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Fleshed Out Interactive | |
 | Loki's Revenge | · EA | $2.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | OWL |
 | Stopping Santa | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Hephaestus Games | |
 | Astraea | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Vizabee Games | |
 | Dankenstoned’s Bongster’s Gram Smoker’s Stankula | $1.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Finnsoft | |
 | Helen in Hell | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Soined |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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