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Should I ship a Nature Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Nature
Of 37 developers who shipped a Nature Third-Person Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 67 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 22 developers shipped in the last year and 67 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $980 (exactly $980) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 95 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,786 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Sapphire Safari 2025 · EA · $644k 
Potentia 2021 · $210k 
Erzurum 2021 · $129k 
VERGE:Lost chapter 2015 · $85k 
Tamarin 2020 · $70k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sapphire Safari | · EA | $12.99 | 1,653 92% | 50k | $644k (exactly $644,174) | Kinky Fridays |
| | Potentia | older | $19.99 | 350 68% | 11k | $210k (exactly $209,895) | Wily Pumpkin |
| | Erzurum | older | $0.99 | 4,358 42% | 131k | $129k (exactly $129,433) | Proximity Games |
| | VERGE:Lost chapter | older | $0.99 | 2,874 52% | 86k | $85k (exactly $85,358) | GDNomaD |
| | Tamarin | older | $29.99 | 78 60% | 2.3k | $70k (exactly $70,177) | Chameleon Games |
 | Amok Runner | older | $9.99 | 185 60% | 5.6k | $55k (exactly $55,444) | Gamedeus |
 | Protodroid DeLTA | older | $19.99 | 74 72% | 2.2k | $44k (exactly $44,378) | Adam Kareem |
 | Lorena and the Land of Ruins | older | $14.99 | 90 71% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,473) | Shimenawan |
 | Outbreak: Contagious Memories | older | $29.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $27k (exactly $26,991) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Turbo Chicken Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Balkanware |
 | Skyfear | · EA | $14.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Protoria Studios |
 | Primeval Genesis | · EA | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | After Hours Digital |
 | Organic Burger Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 12 58% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Mehmet Bilici, Hüseyin Doğan |
 | Folk Tales: Alageyik | · EA | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Sanghı Studios |
 | Bonk It! | $4.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Slotherin | |
 | In Search of Freedom | $10.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Pierucci Studios | |
 | Day Breaker - Awakening Code | · EA | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | KhadijaDev |
 | Hive Havoc 3D | $3.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Digital Dialysis Softworks | |
 | The Isolated | · EA | $0.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | STuNT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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