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Should I ship a Naval Combat Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Naval Combat
Only 5 developers shipped a Naval Combat 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, DAVY x JONES, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×8.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 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 $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $446 (exactly $446) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,097) |
| Top 5% | $210k (exactly $209,943) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, 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
- Naval Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Naval Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 8,835 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 17 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, 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
Azur Lane Crosswave 2020 · $7.8M 
Boat Crew 2022 · EA · $323k 
Waves of Steel 2023 · $245k 
DAVY x JONES 2025 · EA · $210k 
Ace of Seafood 2016 · $189k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Azur Lane Crosswave | older | $39.99 | 6,537 68% | 196k | $7.8M (exactly $7,842,439) | IDEA FACTORY, COMPILE HEART, FELISTELLA |
| | Boat Crew | · EA older | $24.99 | 431 89% | 13k | $323k (exactly $323,121) | Tabbing Tabby |
| | Waves of Steel | older | $19.99 | 408 90% | 12k | $245k (exactly $244,678) | TMA Games LLC |
| | DAVY x JONES | · EA | $17.99 | 389 82% | 12k | $210k (exactly $209,943) | PARASIGHT |
| | Ace of Seafood | older | $11.99 | 526 91% | 16k | $189k (exactly $189,202) | Calappa Games |
 | Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific | older | $9.99 | 255 78% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | AIx2 Games |
 | ShipCrafter | · EA | $7.99 | 209 90% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Myrmecoman |
 | 1971: Indian Naval Front | older | $14.99 | 57 68% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Neosphere Interactive Studios |
 | Boaty Tanks | older | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Boaty Tanks 2 | older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Tigershark | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | N-Space | |
 | sea fight | $0.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | YU BO | |
 | Battleships Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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