Games › PvP › PvP + Twin Stick Shooter
Should I ship a PvP Twin Stick Shooter?
PvP + Twin Stick Shooter
Of 47 developers who shipped a PvP Twin Stick 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.. 87 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 87 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 55% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,490) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 159 |
| Announced | 87 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- PvP
- effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP, Twin Stick Shooter; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, 2D Fighter, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 287 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 87 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
PvP with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + BaseballFair
- + TransportationFair
- + BasketballFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + BikesFair
- + GolfFair
- + World War IFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + BilliardsFair
- + TennisLong shot
- + TypingLong shot
- + SpellingLong shot
Comparable games
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef 2022 · $1.6M 
Blazing Beaks 2019 · $919k 
Beat Hazard 2 2019 · $795k 
Hell is Others 2022 · $446k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef | older | $19.99 | 2,586 87% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,550,824) | Rogueside |
| | Blazing Beaks | older | $14.99 | 2,043 84% | 61k | $919k (exactly $918,737) | Applava |
| | Beat Hazard 2 | older | $18.99 | 1,396 89% | 42k | $795k (exactly $795,301) | Cold Beam Games |
| | Hell is Others | older | $14.99 | 991 73% | 30k | $446k (exactly $445,653) | Strelka Games, Yonder |
 | Beat Hazard 3 | older | $19.99 | 586 84% | 18k | $351k (exactly $351,424) | Cold Beam Games |
 | Secret Ponchos | older | $14.99 | 613 73% | 18k | $276k (exactly $275,666) | Switchblade Monkeys Entertainment |
 | Guardians Frontline | older | $24.99 | 287 83% | 8.6k | $215k (exactly $215,164) | VirtualAge |
 | Hyper Jam | older | $12.99 | 431 93% | 13k | $168k (exactly $167,961) | Bit Dragon |
 | Kill to Collect | older | $9.99 | 168 67% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Pieces Interactive |
 | Reflex Unit: Strike Ops | $15.99 | 75 84% | 2.3k | $36k (exactly $35,978) | ROBOSARU Games | |
 | Aaero2 | $14.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Mad Fellows | |
 | Galactic Thunderdome | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Pansimula | |
 | NeverCOM | · EA | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co.… (Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co., Ltd) |
 | Avian Knights | $14.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Alan-1, Inc. | |
 | Battle Squares | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Feesh Studio | |
 | WIZARD PUNKS!!! | $6.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | EyeOfStormCat | |
 | Piss Off | · EA | $20.00 | 8 100% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,800) | Emmanuel Crispi |
 | Goo Goo Grapplers | $7.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Both Good | |
 | Pulsar Crash | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Little Doctor Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.