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Should I ship a Mythological Top-Down Shooter?
Top-Down Shooter + Mythology
Only 14 developers shipped a Mythological Top-Down 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, Achilles: Survivor, 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, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×624 the market median. Revenue is up 110% on the market; 29 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 5% | $392k (exactly $392,144) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 up 110% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Top-Down Shooter
- 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
- Top-Down Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Isometric, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,553 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Top-Down Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + VampiresFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + World War IIFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcheryFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + ModernPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
Comparable games
Achilles: Survivor 2025 · $392k 
Journey to the West Survivor 2024 · $68k 
Westale: Peelgrimage 2023 · $62k 
Good Knight - One-Button Bullet-Hell 2021 · EA · $26k 
Slot Shots Pinball Ultimate Edition 2024 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Achilles: Survivor | $8.99 | 1,454 81% | 44k | $392k (exactly $392,144) | Dark Point Games | |
| | Journey to the West Survivor | older | $5.99 | 379 78% | 11k | $68k (exactly $68,106) | Buding Games |
| | Westale: Peelgrimage | older | $4.99 | 411 66% | 12k | $62k (exactly $61,527) | 两把刷子工作室 |
| | Good Knight - One-Button Bullet-Hell | · EA older | $14.99 | 57 94% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Good Knight Collective |
| | Slot Shots Pinball Ultimate Edition | older | $19.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Pinblend Studios |
 | Godsvivors | older | $4.99 | 87 83% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,024) | Titan |
 | 白马非马 a white horse is not a horse | · EA older | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 卧熊工作室 |
 | REM: The Dreamer | · EA | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Harmonia Games |
 | SakuraSegment 0.3 - Prologue | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Ulimworks |
 | AHAPIKA – Heroic Agency | · EA | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Pixeliantika |
 | Nine Skies | $3.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Ninefold | |
 | Loki's Revenge | · EA | $2.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | OWL |
 | Wyrd Waters | $1.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | Maximalist | |
 | Santa's War on Christmas | $13.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | ElgSoft | |
 | Stopping Santa | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Hephaestus Games | |
 | 一剑江湖 | $1.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | 春秋大梦工作室 | |
 | Euclid's Inferno | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Adelpha Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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