Should I ship a Sniper RPG?
RPG + Sniper
Only 7 developers shipped a Sniper RPG 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, Lia: Hacking Destiny, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG, Sniper
- 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,322 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Boss RushFair
- + SportsFair
- + Combat RacingFair
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
Project RIP 2019 · $51k 
Lia: Hacking Destiny 2025 · $41k 
H-SNIPER: Middle East 2020 · $30k 
Raging Bytes 2023 · $9.9k 
Rioters 2025 2021 · $4.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project RIP | older | $13.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $51k (exactly $50,784) | Storming Tech |
| | Lia: Hacking Destiny | $14.99 | 92 96% | 2.8k | $41k (exactly $41,372) | Orube Game Studio | |
| | H-SNIPER: Middle East | older | $0.99 | 1,010 87% | 30k | $30k (exactly $29,997) | Konnichiwa Games |
| | Raging Bytes | older | $14.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Hit-Point Co.,Ltd. |
| | Rioters 2025 | older | $4.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | DND |
 | Special Ops: Operation Assault | older | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Merla Games |
 | Lost Patrol | older | $5.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Shadow Development |
 | ACESurvivor | $4.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | brainstorm Solo Studio | |
 | Stealth Assault: Urban Strike | older | $2.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | HapGames |
 | ShadowStrikeVR | · EA | $9.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Charming Game Studio |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | BOTMARE | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Junchen Li | |
 | Passer | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SHEN YI | |
 | Alien Raid | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 程进 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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