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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click Top-Down Shooter?

Top-Down Shooter + Point & Click

Of 25 developers who shipped a Point & Click Top-Down 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.. 24 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 14 developers shipped in the last year and 24 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 115% on the market, 24 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Top-Down Shooter + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 25
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $269 → $59 → $3.9k → $683 → $0 → $148 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Top-Down Shooter + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 25
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $150 (exactly $150)
Top 25% $450 (exactly $450)
Top 5% $3.7k (exactly $3,742)
Developers, 2 yr 25
Released games 66
Announced 24
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 115% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Top-Down Shooter
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Top-Down Shooter, Point & Click; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Top-Down, Cute
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 84% positive over 242 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 $450, 1 in 20 over $3.7k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $3.7k · 10 announced
  2. + Turn-Based StrategyFair13 devs · median $1.6k · 13 announced
  3. + World War IIFair11 devs · median $1.4k · 15 announced
  4. + IdlerFair24 devs · median $748 · 30 announced
  5. + ArcheryFair9 devs · median $359 · 11 announced
  6. + LovecraftianPoor odds12 devs · median $6.5k · 28 announced
  7. + Tactical RPGPoor odds12 devs · median $5.5k · 16 announced
  8. + Action RTSPoor odds14 devs · median $4.0k · 32 announced
  9. + HistoricalPoor odds18 devs · median $3.3k · 24 announced
  10. + ModernPoor odds13 devs · median $3.3k · 19 announced
  11. + CraftingPoor odds45 devs · median $3.1k · 125 announced
  12. + DystopianPoor odds24 devs · median $3.1k · 92 announced

All 150 pairs on the Top-Down Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Parry Nightmare 2024 · $34k Just Click The Button 2024 · $31k Save One More 2018 · $28k Pet the Cat 2026 · $23k EON Fighter 2023 · $17k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Parry Nightmare older $6.99 164 83% 4.9k $34k (exactly $34,391) KAKUKAKU GAMES
Just Click The Button older $2.99 341 90% 10k $31k (exactly $30,588) Simon Eftestol
Save One More older $4.99 187 62% 5.6k $28k (exactly $27,994) Stas Shostak
Pet the Cat $4.99 155 83% 4.7k $23k (exactly $23,204) MEWSTURBO
EON Fighter older $5.99 97 88% 2.9k $17k (exactly $17,431) Square Wheel
Mr. Fast older $4.99 105 79% 3.2k $16k (exactly $15,718) ZHANG FAN
Kalaban older $9.99 44 61% 1.3k $13k (exactly $13,187) Rayhouse Productions, GameRealmMadness
EON Trooper older $6.99 31 90% 930 $6.5k (exactly $6,501) Square Wheel
My Darkest Witch older $4.99 28 71% 840 $4.2k (exactly $4,192) Fasu Studio
Call of Farming : Together older $12.99 10 30% 300 $3.9k (exactly $3,897) Mavi Game Studio
NUMANUIN $4.99 25 92% 750 $3.7k (exactly $3,742) Siberian Mouse
Tilebreaker Next Level $5.99 11 100% 330 $2.0k (exactly $1,977) Square Wheel
Incremental Frog $12.99 3 66% 90 $1.2k (exactly $1,169) Urban Isotope
Idol Hacked! $1.99 16 43% 480 $955 (exactly $955) theNeko
X-teroids $0.99 23 100% 690 $683 (exactly $683) liangxiegame
Goblin Lands $14.99 1 100% 30 $450 (exactly $450) Hot Waffle Games
MY SLIEM gets stronger after it dies $2.99 5 100% 150 $449 (exactly $449) DaNI大鲵
Omega Luma : The First Battle $12.99 1 0% 30 $390 (exactly $390) Mavi Game Studios
SideDrop $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) SirTotti

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.