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Should I ship a Shoot 'Em Up Stealth game?
Stealth + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 10 developers shipped a Shoot 'Em Up Stealth 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, Split Second VR Tactical Shooter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×8.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $720 against a market of $630. 35 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $14,685) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 down 65% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 58% positive over 82 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
PAYDAY 3 2023 · $44M 
Crysis 2 Remastered 2022 · $8.1M 
Crysis 3 Remastered 2022 · $7.0M 
Dinosis Survival 2017 · $52k 
Gray Zone 2022 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PAYDAY 3 | older | $29.99 | 49,305 45% | 1.5M | $44M (exactly $44,359,708) | Starbreeze Studios |
| | Crysis 2 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 9,034 89% | 271k | $8.1M (exactly $8,127,890) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Crysis 3 Remastered | older | $29.99 | 7,731 88% | 232k | $7.0M (exactly $6,955,581) | Crytek, Saber Interactive |
| | Dinosis Survival | older | $5.99 | 291 55% | 8.7k | $52k (exactly $52,293) | Corpix Games |
| | Gray Zone | older | $19.99 | 52 61% | 1.6k | $31k (exactly $31,184) | EastWorks |
 | Black Trail VR | older | $24.99 | 33 42% | 990 | $25k (exactly $24,740) | Red Horizon |
 | Split Second VR Tactical Shooter | · EA | $9.99 | 49 38% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Robertson Gaming Studios |
 | Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky | older | $4.99 | 72 94% | 2.2k | $11k (exactly $10,778) | boxedworks |
 | Agent in Depth | older | $2.99 | 108 93% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave |
 | Last Escape | older | $4.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | Fasu Studio |
 | Super Chaos | $5.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Anodaxia | |
 | Subzero Stealth | · EA | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Verona Interactive |
 | Blind Survival | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Noah Molteberg Lundén | |
 | Insectoid Descent | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | IntraMentalDev | |
 | Miss Bullet | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Peaksel | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | SpyGuys | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Olly | |
 | ZOMBIECAM | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZOMBIECAM Crew | |
 | Suqare: Hired Gun | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 2102 Game Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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