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Should I ship a Psychological Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Psychological
Only 15 developers shipped a Psychological Third-Person 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, The Thing: Remastered, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×1.8 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×723 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,625) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,082,339) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Realistic, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,963 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Thing: Remastered 2024 · $1.1M 
ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY 2026 · $267k 
Second Sight 2021 · $84k 
The Thing That Happened 2026 · $65k 
Lurking Danger 2025 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Thing: Remastered | $29.99 | 1,203 89% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,082,339) | Nightdive Studios, Computer Artworks | |
| | ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY | $17.99 | 494 79% | 15k | $267k (exactly $266,612) | ASD Games Studio | |
| | Second Sight | older | $9.99 | 280 81% | 8.4k | $84k (exactly $83,916) | Free Radical Design |
| | The Thing That Happened | $22.99 | 94 57% | 2.8k | $65k (exactly $64,832) | Mario Murkl, Zoltán Árva | |
| | Lurking Danger | $11.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Farelas | |
 | Taken Soul | Đoạt Mệnh | older | $9.99 | 43 53% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,887) | SOGA Std |
 | Tales of The Nightmares™ Episode One | $4.50 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $7.2k (exactly $7,155) | RedDot Studios | |
 | Hollowreach - Alone | $6.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | TDOG STUDIOS | |
 | Darker Skies: Remastered for PC | older | $11.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Steel Arts Software Ltd. |
 | Folk Tales: Alageyik | · EA | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Sanghı Studios |
 | P4ST3L | · EA | $5.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | UsaginO |
 | Dream Shell | $6.88 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.4k (exactly $1,445) | SuperPixelBo | |
 | Jaws of Hell | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Starving Lama Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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