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Should I ship a Sailing Shooter?
Shooter + Sailing
Only 10 developers shipped a Sailing 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, UMIGARI | ウミガリ, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×639 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,089) |
| Top 5% | $401k (exactly $401,001) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Shooter, Sailing
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 82% positive over 1,473 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M 
UMIGARI | ウミガリ 2026 · $401k 
DAVY x JONES 2025 · EA · $210k 
Out of Reach: Treasure Royale 2020 · $152k 
Furious Seas 2021 · $118k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
| | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
| | DAVY x JONES | · EA | $17.99 | 389 82% | 12k | $210k (exactly $209,943) | PARASIGHT |
| | Out of Reach: Treasure Royale | older | $14.99 | 337 58% | 10k | $152k (exactly $151,549) | Space Boat Studios |
| | Furious Seas | older | $19.99 | 196 71% | 5.9k | $118k (exactly $117,541) | Future Immersive |
 | Sail | · EA older | $14.99 | 128 72% | 3.8k | $58k (exactly $57,562) | Red Team Interactive Inc., Continuum XR |
 | JAWS: Retro Edition | $14.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Limited Run Games | |
 | Big Booty Adventures | · EA older | $8.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | NeVReal Studios |
 | Salt and Sails | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | DiaMMax |
 | Dragons Reef VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Radoslaw Kutowinski | |
 | Submarine Survivor | $3.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | The Bat Flight | |
 | Moby Click | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Drew VanWagner | |
 | Line of Fire - Pirate Waltz | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ige Olwen |
 | Void Phantom | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Rpx | |
 | Sail: Evolved Tides | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Aellora Games | |
 | Cutlass Quest | $29.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hinm |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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