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Should I ship a Robot On-Rails Shooter?
On-Rails Shooter + Robots
Only 10 developers shipped a Robot 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, 閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER -, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.2k, ×5.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $65k, ×104 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,189) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $65,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 40% 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
- Robots
- 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
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 89% positive over 321 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER - 2025 · $65k 
NIGHT STRIKER GEAR 2025 · $54k 
Aaero2 2024 · $16k 
Galactic Rangers VR 2019 · $12k 
EPOCH 2014 · $9.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER - | $14.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $65k (exactly $65,206) | LeftOver | |
| | NIGHT STRIKER GEAR | $18.99 | 94 88% | 2.8k | $54k (exactly $53,552) | M2 Co., Ltd., M2 Co.,LTD | |
| | Aaero2 | $14.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Mad Fellows | |
| | Galactic Rangers VR | older | $9.99 | 41 78% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | DGMA |
| | EPOCH | older | $1.99 | 163 83% | 4.9k | $9.7k (exactly $9,731) | Uppercut Games Pty Ltd |
 | BangBang PewPew | older | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Molerat Digital Art Ltd. |
 | Moushooter | $12.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Twins Halo | |
 | ExZeus™: The Complete Collection | older | $12.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | HyperDevbox, Sickhead Games |
 | Woeful Woebots | older | $9.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Hello Bard AS |
 | ROBOCRACY | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | DGMA | |
 | Blood Storm: Alien Purge | $4.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Nicholas Games | |
 | Space Warpster | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | AMAMiZU games | |
 | NectorX | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gergenia | |
 | Iron Assault | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jinfeng Cai | |
 | Stellar End | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SZOKAgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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