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Should I ship a Mythological Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Mythology
Only 13 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Fragile Reflection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×2.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $25k, ×17 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $25,330) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action RPG, RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 294 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
Strange Brigade 2018 · $12M 
Fragile Reflection 2025 · $25k 
CODE:VALKYRIE II 2022 · $23k 
Nun of your Business 2025 · $23k 
WarOfGods 2 2025 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Strange Brigade | older | $49.99 | 8,309 84% | 249k | $12M (exactly $12,461,007) | Rebellion |
| | Fragile Reflection | $12.99 | 65 73% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | Spectra team | |
| | CODE:VALKYRIE II | older | $19.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Ulimworks |
| | Nun of your Business | $5.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $23k (exactly $22,642) | Revolt Games | |
| | WarOfGods 2 | $29.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | Mensa World | |
 | Outliver: Tribulation | older | $7.99 | 42 78% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | GBROSSOFT |
 | Tutien Path | $14.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Truong Thanh Triet | |
 | Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One | $4.50 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) | RedDot Studios | |
 | The Fate of Baldr | older | $9.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Ananki Game Studio |
 | Zeus vs Monsters - Math Game for kids | older | $5.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) | Peaksel |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | Folk Tales: Alageyik | · EA | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Sanghı Studios |
 | Gods Of Fire | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nest of Games | |
 | Ankhway: The Interplanetary Legacy | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mac S | |
 | Maze of Perdition | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Wesley J Nogueira |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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