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Should I ship a Runner Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Runner
Only 12 developers shipped a Runner 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, Maniac Path 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $60 against a market of $1.5k. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Runner
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 88% positive over 76 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Sex Apocalypse 2 2023 · $58k 
Zombodesert 2024 · $18k 
《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》 2021 · $17k 
Agent Murphy 2021 · $7.0k 
AlCHeMoS 2022 · $5.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sex Apocalypse 2 | older | $9.99 | 195 55% | 5.9k | $58k (exactly $58,442) | Octo Games |
| | Zombodesert | older | $49.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $18k (exactly $17,996) | Gamesforgames |
| | 《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》 | older | $11.99 | 48 72% | 1.4k | $17k (exactly $17,266) | MING YEN WU |
| | Agent Murphy | older | $4.99 | 47 72% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | xproject |
| | AlCHeMoS | older | $11.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $5.0k (exactly $5,036) | Hooting Banana Studios |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | War Of Gold | older | $4.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | Rogue Runner | $5.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | 42nd Machine | |
 | Money Theft | $4.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Hype Prototype | older | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Constanta Games |
 | HYPERJUSTICE | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Jackson Clayton, Andy Sharpe, Liam A'He… (Jackson Clayton, Andy Sharpe, Liam A'Hearn, Zane Kidwell) |
 | MEMOLOGY: ESCAPE OF MEMES | $0.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | Niut | $3.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $180 (exactly $180) | AF Works ® | |
 | Tung Tung Together: Online Deathrun Party | · EA | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | DarkRook Interactive |
 | AI Math Dash | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | RETRO ROBOTS 2D | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Daniel Martínez Martínez-Pardo | |
 | Flappy Tank | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PapaSmurfie, Ilia Chakarov, Damyan Chak… (PapaSmurfie, Ilia Chakarov, Damyan Chakarov) | |
 | Only Climber Venice | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zombie Developer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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