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Should I ship a Runner Stealth game?
Stealth + Runner
Of 23 developers who shipped a Runner Stealth game 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.. 29 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 5% | $4.4k (exactly $4,410) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.00 |
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 30% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Stealth, Runner; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $3.00 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Funny, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $3.00.
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 224 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Espire 1: VR Operative 2019 · $228k 
Panoptic 2020 · $143k 
[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 2021 · $65k 
Rabbit Riot 2021 · $59k 
[Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん 2020 · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Espire 1: VR Operative | older | $19.99 | 381 54% | 11k | $228k (exactly $228,486) | Digital Lode Immersive Media |
| | Panoptic | older | $16.99 | 281 96% | 8.4k | $143k (exactly $143,226) | Team Panoptes |
| | [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 | older | $4.99 | 431 80% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,521) | Chilla's Art |
| | Rabbit Riot | older | $39.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $59k (exactly $58,785) | Reactor Studios |
| | [Chilla's Art] Hanako | 花子さん | older | $7.99 | 229 75% | 6.9k | $55k (exactly $54,891) | Chilla's Art |
 | Catch a Duck | older | $4.99 | 83 80% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Sleepwalking Potatoes |
 | Infectious | older | $3.99 | 77 67% | 2.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,217) | Ziggy Makes Games |
 | CashGrab | older | $2.93 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,878) | Grabba Guild Games LLC |
 | Save daddy trump 2: The Final Triumph | older | $4.99 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | Drunk Builder Simulator | $2.99 | 78 39% | 2.3k | $7.0k (exactly $6,997) | Viper | |
 | 北城捷運糾察隊(Northern City Metro Patrol) | $3.00 | 49 83% | 1.5k | $4.4k (exactly $4,410) | HoneyJamStudio | |
 | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
 | Meowmories | $5.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Team Memolink | |
 | SeekOut | · EA | $3.89 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,867) | Nightroot Interactive |
 | RealityIQ | الواقع | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | kajol | |
 | Trump Tariff | $1.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Codename:Twilight | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | ArarwayS | |
 | The Night of Escape | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LiTang | |
 | Only for Gamers | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Merhaba Yazılım |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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