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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Quick-Time Events
Only 13 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events 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, Sex Shop Simulator: Sinful Girls, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $13k, ×9.1 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $13,663) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 125% 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
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Open World
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 128 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, 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
Tomb Raider Game of the Year 2013 · $104M 
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014 · $47M 
Resident Evil 6 2013 · $31M 
Resident Evil 5 2009 · $29M 
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge 2009 · $422k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tomb Raider Game of the Year | older | $19.99 | 173,270 95% | 5.2M | $104M (exactly $103,910,019) | Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral… (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Nixxes) |
| | Resident Evil 4 (2005) | older | $19.99 | 78,502 94% | 2.4M | $47M (exactly $47,077,649) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 6 | older | $19.99 | 51,420 77% | 1.5M | $31M (exactly $30,836,574) | Capcom |
| | Resident Evil 5 | older | $19.99 | 48,521 87% | 1.5M | $29M (exactly $29,098,044) | Capcom |
| | Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge | older | $1.99 | 7,062 77% | 212k | $422k (exactly $421,601) | Invent4 Entertainment |
 | Sex Shop Simulator: Sinful Girls | $7.99 | 57 43% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Bits, Bytes & Sins | |
 | Touhou Iyuushou ~ What the Bullet Hell?! | $9.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂,… (Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂, 阐幽赜书房) | |
 | Bad Way | older | $4.99 | 62 72% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | Montee Games |
 | Your Spider | older | $11.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Your Spider Games |
 | Recall | · EA older | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Recall Studios |
 | Night of the Dead Simulator | $7.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Unknown People Lab | |
 | UNPLUG - The Game | · EA | $10.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | GoldLime Studios |
 | City 33 | $15.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | ebt studios | |
 | 2 Hours Later | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | SevenGHON | |
 | King Quest | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | slc studios | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | 100 Wars | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 文艺复兴雪 | |
 | Aero | · EA | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | yavuz sinan aktaş |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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