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Should I ship a Thriller Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Thriller
Only 7 developers shipped a Thriller 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, Gun Reflex VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $480. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,327) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Thriller
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 399 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey 2014 · $35k 
Tomato Way 3 2020 · $31k 
The Dark Method 2020 · EA · $15k 
Gun Reflex VR 2025 · $11k 
Darker Skies: Remastered for PC 2023 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey | older | $6.99 | 165 73% | 5.0k | $35k (exactly $34,600) | Ultravision Interactive |
| | Tomato Way 3 | older | $14.99 | 68 82% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $30,580) | Vladislav Castillo Gonzalez |
| | The Dark Method | · EA older | $12.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Analog Joker LLC |
| | Gun Reflex VR | $8.99 | 42 61% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | OBGames | |
| | Darker Skies: Remastered for PC | older | $11.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) | Steel Arts Software Ltd. |
 | Bullet Noir | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | WOLCEN Studio | |
 | Martha | older | $3.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | Affordable Cat |
 | Junebug vs. Evil | · EA older | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Eldritch Heart Studio |
 | The Math Problem Killer | older | $4.99 | 15 40% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Bejamru Studio |
 | ELEVATED | · EA older | $5.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Kerim Kumbasar |
 | Hunt Asylum Together | $0.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | cnsgames | |
 | Dinosaur Zoo VR : Dinosaur Hunting | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dani360_studios | |
 | PAATH-Z | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TVirtual Studios | |
 | Breaking Point: Operation Exodus | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aurora Abyss | |
 | Urban assault | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sobhy Tfaily |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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