Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Puzzle Platformer Shooter?

Shooter + Puzzle Platformer

Of 48 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer 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.. 98 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 26 developers shipped in the last year and 98 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 98 announced, ×3.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Shooter + Puzzle Platformer
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 48
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.8k → $299 → $449 → $719 → $0 → $179 → $1.2k (still earning) → $60 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Shooter + Puzzle Platformer: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 48
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,498)
Top 5% $21k (exactly $20,686)
Developers, 2 yr 48
Released games 202
Announced 98
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 up 260% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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
Puzzle Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 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, Puzzle Platformer; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Puzzle, Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Cartoony
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,860 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 $180, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $20k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.

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

Supraland 2019 · $7.4M In Sound Mind 2021 · $5.7M VLADiK BRUTAL 2024 · $3.4M Haydee 2016 · $2.8M Supraland Six Inches Under 2022 · $2.4M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Supraland older $19.99 12,376 95% 371k $7.4M (exactly $7,421,887) Supra Games
In Sound Mind older $34.99 5,467 95% 164k $5.7M (exactly $5,738,710) We Create Stuff
VLADiK BRUTAL older $11.99 9,551 89% 287k $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Haydee older $14.99 6,226 84% 187k $2.8M (exactly $2,799,832) Haydee Interactive
Supraland Six Inches Under older $19.99 3,975 96% 119k $2.4M (exactly $2,383,808) Supra Games
Out There Somewhere older $9.99 6,160 92% 185k $1.8M (exactly $1,846,152) MiniBoss
Supraworld · EA $29.99 1,471 91% 44k $1.3M (exactly $1,323,459) Supra Games
UNSIGHTED older $19.99 1,863 93% 56k $1.1M (exactly $1,117,241) Studio Pixel Punk
Tomb Raider I (1996) older $6.99 4,039 85% 121k $847k (exactly $846,978) Core Design
DeadCore older $9.99 1,584 85% 48k $475k (exactly $474,725) 5 Bits Games
Ultimate Drummer $5.99 170 98% 5.1k $31k (exactly $30,549) Cool 3D World
DeadCore Redux $14.99 46 93% 1.4k $21k (exactly $20,686) 5 Bits Games
Gravity Storm: First Mission $9.99 27 100% 810 $8.1k (exactly $8,092) Jampley Games
Animosity $14.99 15 93% 450 $6.7k (exactly $6,746) Red River Studio
2 Bows 1 Arrow $6.99 28 100% 840 $5.9k (exactly $5,872) SKL Games
Rusty's Day Off: Episode One - Janitor on Duty $9.99 15 80% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Onestone Software
PUNYAN $6.99 12 91% 360 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) G-MODE
SNOWY MEMORIES $4.99 15 100% 450 $2.2k (exactly $2,246) quan home
NEON $0.99 61 37% 1.8k $1.8k (exactly $1,812) Logna Blue

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