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Should I ship a Science Shooter?
Shooter + Science
Of 23 developers who shipped a Science Shooter 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.. 58 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 58 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper, while revenue is up 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
| Top 5% | $197k (exactly $196,677) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 105 |
| Announced | 58 |
| 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 up 80% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, FPS, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Linear
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,457 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
METAL EDEN 2025 · $1.2M 
The Signal From Tölva 2017 · $475k 
RIPOUT 2024 · $470k 
Tesla vs Lovecraft 2018 · $383k 
Genome Guardian 2024 · $256k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | METAL EDEN | $19.99 | 1,920 84% | 58k | $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424) | Reikon Games | |
| | The Signal From Tölva | older | $19.99 | 792 71% | 24k | $475k (exactly $474,962) | Big Robot Ltd |
| | RIPOUT | older | $19.99 | 783 65% | 23k | $470k (exactly $469,565) | Pet Project Games |
| | Tesla vs Lovecraft | older | $14.99 | 851 89% | 26k | $383k (exactly $382,695) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Genome Guardian | older | $11.99 | 711 92% | 21k | $256k (exactly $255,747) | Alpherior |
 | Genome Guardian 2 | · EA | $15.99 | 410 95% | 12k | $197k (exactly $196,677) | Alpherior |
 | Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors | older | $3.99 | 1,045 94% | 31k | $125k (exactly $125,086) | Coby Dox, Chudd Howard |
 | Crawling Lab | older | $4.99 | 713 83% | 21k | $107k (exactly $106,736) | eTIRUe |
 | Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition | older | $9.99 | 259 54% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Dotemu |
 | Tesla Force | older | $16.99 | 148 77% | 4.4k | $75k (exactly $75,436) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Utopia City | $6.99 | 41 60% | 1.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) | Parallax Arts Studio | |
 | Brotherhood | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | FatCatGames | |
 | The Hollow | $7.50 | 21 80% | 630 | $4.7k (exactly $4,725) | Brenntkopf Development, AGaming+ | |
 | GOST of Time | $4.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | IzHard | |
 | Corruption Crucible | $14.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Overlord Empire LLC | |
 | Mytosis | $6.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Egret Studios, LLC | |
 | Perspective Remastered | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Stardom Game Studios | |
 | Cartesian Battle | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Papitas Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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