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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Twin Stick Shooter?
Twin Stick Shooter + Psychological Horror
Only 9 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Twin Stick 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, Where the forest ends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 4 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $39,560) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 36,389 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 4 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Twin Stick Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Looter ShooterPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Hatred 2015 · $4.6M 
POSTAL Redux 2016 · $1.8M 
永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo 2018 · $997k 
CPU Invaders 2017 · $446k 
Where the forest ends 2026 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hatred | older | $5.99 | 25,770 84% | 773k | $4.6M (exactly $4,630,869) | Destructive Creations |
| | POSTAL Redux | older | $8.99 | 6,745 92% | 202k | $1.8M (exactly $1,819,126) | Running With Scissors |
| | 永远消失的幻想乡 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo | older | $10.99 | 3,023 83% | 91k | $997k (exactly $996,683) | MyACG Studio |
| | CPU Invaders | older | $29.99 | 496 86% | 15k | $446k (exactly $446,251) | Microblast Games |
| | Where the forest ends | $9.99 | 132 68% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,560) | MonkeyBassGames | |
 | Skautfold: Into the Fray | older | $9.99 | 85 89% | 2.6k | $25k (exactly $25,474) | Steve Gal |
 | Ammo and Oxygen | $14.99 | 53 64% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Juvty Worlds | |
 | NeverAwake FLASHBACK | $9.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Neotro Inc. | |
 | Shadow Walls | older | $0.99 | 53 92% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Old School Vibes |
 | Kuggs | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Forrest Powell |
 | Still Space | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Sofa Interactive | |
 | 报答老板 | $3.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | 小侠 | |
 | Arkada | $8.40 | 1 100% | 30 | $252 (exactly $252) | JustMe GAMES | |
 | GORE TANK | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | METALJAWS | |
 | Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | IL Labs | |
 | catboy vs landlords | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | laggyluk |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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