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Should I ship a Physics Sniper game?
Sniper + Physics
Only 10 developers shipped a Physics Sniper game 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, Pih 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $620 against a market of $630. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $624 (exactly $624) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,686) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,085) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 20525% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sniper, Physics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 659 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Bullet TimePoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 2021 · $15M 
Clownfield 2042 2021 · $118k 
Pih 2 2026 · $115k 
GW: Legacy 2023 · $61k 
UberSoldier 2024 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 | older | $39.99 | 12,781 83% | 383k | $15M (exactly $15,333,366) | CI Games |
| | Clownfield 2042 | older | $0.99 | 3,964 84% | 119k | $118k (exactly $117,731) | RIVERSIDE SPORTS |
| | Pih 2 | $9.99 | 384 92% | 12k | $115k (exactly $115,085) | BecomeANobody | |
| | GW: Legacy | older | $15.99 | 128 61% | 3.8k | $61k (exactly $61,402) | Alto Interactive |
| | UberSoldier | older | $4.99 | 288 83% | 8.6k | $43k (exactly $43,114) | Burut CT |
 | TrickShot Simulator | $5.99 | 191 81% | 5.7k | $34k (exactly $34,323) | BeaTeb | |
 | DeadCore Redux | $14.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | 5 Bits Games | |
 | Sandbox World | older | $4.99 | 133 72% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | XMAKE |
 | Combat Troops VR | · EA older | $11.99 | 39 74% | 1.2k | $14k (exactly $14,028) | GAME PRESSURE STUDIO LTD |
 | Makber | older | $12.99 | 9 11% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | celikgames |
 | Cannon Clicker | $5.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Ritual Interactive | |
 | BouleMan | $0.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $624 (exactly $624) | Haruka Nitaka, Matthew Taylor, Samantha… (Haruka Nitaka, Matthew Taylor, Samantha Anderson, Sussanne Beaujeu, T.Beaujeu, S.DAAS, Tony Tutty) | |
 | Sticks & Strings | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Y-Axis Games LLC | |
 | Medieval Archer Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Archerry Storm | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | OriGame Studios | |
 | Abrez | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Haruka Nitaka, S.Daas, Tony Tutty, Suss… (Haruka Nitaka, S.Daas, Tony Tutty, Sussanne Beaujeu, T.Beaujeu) | |
 | ZeLastTank : Battle Royale | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ysn-production |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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