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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic On-Rails Shooter?
On-Rails Shooter + Post-apocalyptic
Only 10 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic On-Rails 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, DOGENSTEIN, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $21k, ×35 the market median. Revenue is up 355% on the market; 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,368) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $21,856) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 355% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- On-Rails Shooter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- On-Rails Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 277 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
On-Rails Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CyberpunkFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Bullet HellPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Pistol Whip 2019 · $3.2M 
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing 2024 · $403k 
Walking Zombie: Shooter 2018 · $67k 
BeachHead 2024 · $43k 
Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever 2021 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pistol Whip | older | $29.99 | 3,586 94% | 108k | $3.2M (exactly $3,226,324) | Cloudhead Games Ltd. |
| | CYGNI: All Guns Blazing | older | $29.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $403k (exactly $403,066) | KeelWorks |
| | Walking Zombie: Shooter | older | $4.99 | 449 75% | 13k | $67k (exactly $67,215) | Alda Games |
| | BeachHead | older | $14.99 | 95 66% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Digital Fusion Inc. |
| | Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever | older | $19.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $37k (exactly $37,181) | XR Games |
 | DOGENSTEIN | $4.99 | 146 73% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,856) | Marc Leclerc | |
 | Railbreak | older | $19.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | GAZZLERS | older | $9.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Bolt Blaster Games |
 | EPOCH | older | $1.99 | 163 83% | 4.9k | $9.7k (exactly $9,731) | Uppercut Games Pty Ltd |
 | Cold Vengeance | older | $9.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Renegade Sector Games |
 | The Danger Zone | $8.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $7.6k (exactly $7,552) | Haver | |
 | Choo Choo Survivor 2 | $5.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $7.4k (exactly $7,368) | GTGD | |
 | Moor Rail | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | PLAY Mephistowaltz | |
 | Dead In Your TrackZ | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Keyes Bros. Inc. | |
 | Blood Storm: Alien Purge | $4.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Nicholas Games | |
 | Way To Hell | $3.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Tailbreak | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Dead Drop Studios LLC | |
 | Trytka | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Trytka Games | |
 | Railroad to Hell 3 | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Voxel Tycoon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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