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Should I ship a Resource Management Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Resource Management
Of 29 developers who shipped a Resource Management Third-Person 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.. 64 more are announced, ×4.0 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 $600; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×146 the market median. Revenue is up 600% on the market; 64 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Top 5% | $219k (exactly $219,334) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 64 |
| 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 up 600% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Resource Management
- 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, Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 8,687 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 64 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
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
Resident Evil 4 2023 · $224M 
Cronos: The New Dawn 2025 · $14M 
Haydee 2 2020 · $1.2M 
El Paso, Elsewhere 2023 · $835k 
Heaven Dust 2 2022 · $347k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resident Evil 4 | older | $39.99 | 186,701 97% | 5.6M | $224M (exactly $223,985,190) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Cronos: The New Dawn | $59.99 | 7,753 87% | 233k | $14M (exactly $13,953,074) | Bloober Team | |
| | Haydee 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,649 87% | 49k | $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) | Haydee Interactive |
| | El Paso, Elsewhere | older | $19.99 | 1,393 90% | 42k | $835k (exactly $835,382) | Strange Scaffold |
| | Heaven Dust 2 | older | $14.99 | 771 90% | 23k | $347k (exactly $346,719) | One Gruel Studio |
 | Home Wars | older | $9.99 | 1,141 78% | 34k | $342k (exactly $341,958) | Insane Dreamers |
 | The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire | · EA | $18.99 | 385 81% | 12k | $219k (exactly $219,334) | BEF GAMES |
 | Giants: Citizen Kabuto | older | $19.99 | 198 94% | 5.9k | $119k (exactly $118,741) | Planet Moon Studios |
 | The Dead Thread | $29.99 | 100 74% | 3.0k | $90k (exactly $89,970) | JSK Games | |
 | Into The Haze | · EA older | $14.99 | 124 55% | 3.7k | $56k (exactly $55,763) | MSOFT |
 | World Crafter TD | $14.99 | 70 48% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Tbjbu2 | |
 | Carnival Massacre | $4.99 | 205 91% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $30,688) | Norbert Baranyi | |
 | Signalfall | · EA | $11.99 | 18 66% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Fallen Relay |
 | Shoot The Barrels | $1.99 | 103 72% | 3.1k | $6.1k (exactly $6,149) | BATTLE LAB | |
 | Neophyte Protocol | · EA | $7.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Ironwerks Studios |
 | Gravehold: Survival | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Obsidian Core | |
 | Sanguine | · EA | $12.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Ryan Berg |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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