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Should I ship a Sci-fi Sniper game?
Sniper + Sci-fi
Only 9 developers shipped a Sci-fi Sniper game 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.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,327) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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
- Sniper
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 4,186 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Bullet TimePoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + PvEPoor odds
Comparable games
Ratz Instagib 2016 · $682k 
The Signal From Tölva 2017 · $475k 
MDK 2 2009 · $131k 
Lia: Hacking Destiny 2025 · $41k 
KILLRUN 2022 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ratz Instagib | older | $8.99 | 2,529 90% | 76k | $682k (exactly $682,071) | Lino Slahuschek |
| | The Signal From Tölva | older | $19.99 | 792 71% | 24k | $475k (exactly $474,962) | Big Robot Ltd |
| | MDK 2 | older | $19.99 | 219 81% | 6.6k | $131k (exactly $131,334) | BioWare Corporation |
| | Lia: Hacking Destiny | $14.99 | 92 96% | 2.8k | $41k (exactly $41,372) | Orube Game Studio | |
| | KILLRUN | older | $4.99 | 153 67% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | BULKHEAD |
 | DeadCore Redux | $14.99 | 46 93% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | 5 Bits Games | |
 | Alien Hallway 2 | older | $4.99 | 137 67% | 4.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | Sigma Team Inc. |
 | Freefall Tournament | older | $4.99 | 103 75% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,419) | y8.com |
 | Gun Reflex VR | $8.99 | 42 61% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | OBGames | |
 | FPS Training | older | $4.99 | 73 65% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $10,928) | Drago Software |
 | Nivoz Running Canned | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | morning glows | |
 | Tribots | · EA | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | HEXRAY |
 | Ether Core | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cogetsu | |
 | Alien Raid | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 程进 | |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z | |
 | Stellar End | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SZOKAgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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