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Should I ship a Supernatural Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Supernatural
Only 15 developers shipped a Supernatural Shoot 'Em Up 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, BAROQUE SHOOTING: REVERSED, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 5% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.00 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $2.00 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 34 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FaithFair
- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Cemetery Warrior 4 2019 · $78k 
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH 2024 · $28k 
RESEARCH and DESTROY 2022 · $27k 
The Dark Method 2020 · EA · $15k 
A Quiver of Crows 2016 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cemetery Warrior 4 | older | $29.99 | 87 68% | 2.6k | $78k (exactly $78,274) | Falco Software, kazakovstudios |
| | ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH | older | $5.99 | 154 80% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | jounitus |
| | RESEARCH and DESTROY | older | $19.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Implausible Industries |
| | The Dark Method | · EA older | $12.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Analog Joker LLC |
| | A Quiver of Crows | older | $14.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Sheado.net |
 | Re.Surs | older | $7.99 | 38 76% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | VidyGames |
 | Coffin Rot Brewing Co. | older | $4.99 | 44 79% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | Nooner Bear Studio LLC |
 | BAROQUE SHOOTING: REVERSED | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Sting | |
 | Brave Rounds | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | PlayShift Games | |
 | Swarm Survivor | older | $4.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | MegalOh! Games |
 | Second Death | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Hirosky | |
 | Tower Defense | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Taranau Aliaksei | |
 | KGT: Kevin Got Teleported | · EA | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Marcel Klee |
 | HillbillyHellfire | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Slagathor Studios | |
 | Slaughtra | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Iconoclast Operations | |
 | These Are Them | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | OugenSoft | |
 | Project Nightmare | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Cryo Sleep Studios | |
 | Helen in Hell | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Soined |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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