Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click Shooter?

Shooter + Point & Click

Of 65 developers who shipped a Point & Click 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.. 41 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 37 developers shipped in the last year and 41 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.2 times the market baseline, revenue up 185% on the market, 41 announced, ×1.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Shooter + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 65
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $119 → $240 → $3.1k → $150 → $150 → $240 → $150 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Shooter + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 65
Bottom 30% $30 (exactly $30)
Median $150 (exactly $150)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,169)
Top 5% $23k (exactly $23,204)
Developers, 2 yr 65
Released games 200
Announced 41
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 185% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Shooter
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Shooter, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Incremental, Arcade
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,603 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $150, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $23k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair23 devs · median $9.8k · 17 announced
  2. + CollectathonFair69 devs · median $1.4k · 64 announced
  3. + VampiresFair38 devs · median $1.3k · 41 announced
  4. + Walking SimulatorFair68 devs · median $1.2k · 62 announced
  5. + IdlerFair70 devs · median $836 · 59 announced
  6. + Match 3Fair15 devs · median $719 · 5 announced
  7. + SnowFair22 devs · median $570 · 23 announced
  8. + Boss RushFair16 devs · median $537 · 20 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair85 devs · median $479 · 88 announced
  10. + ArcadeLong shot1,151 devs · median $419 · 1,332 announced
  11. + Score AttackLong shot372 devs · median $300 · 352 announced
  12. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds25 devs · median $139k · 45 announced

All 229 pairs on the Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite $5.99 698 83% 21k $125k (exactly $125,431) RyanJakob
Aim Climb older $6.80 225 89% 6.8k $46k (exactly $45,900) YuLu
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.