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Should I ship a Tabletop Shooter?
Shooter + Tabletop
Only 7 developers shipped a Tabletop Shooter 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, The Original Moorhuhn Hunt, 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, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 5% | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 440% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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, Tabletop; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 8 games average 93% positive over 241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CollectathonFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Match 3Fair
- + SnowFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022 · $1.8M 
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt 2025 · $13k 
Struggle Offensive 2020 · EA · $7.9k 
Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X 2022 · $7.0k 
Moorhuhn 2 2025 · $4.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | older | $9.99 | 5,918 92% | 178k | $1.8M (exactly $1,773,625) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux |
| | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
| | Struggle Offensive | · EA older | $1.99 | 132 63% | 4.0k | $7.9k (exactly $7,880) | OXO Games |
| | Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X | older | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
| | Moorhuhn 2 | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Conflict Area | · EA older | $3.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | SncI Games |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Moorhuhn Winter Edition | $4.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Shells Shooter | older | $6.00 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,880) | Hotality Games |
 | Moorhuhn Piraten - Crazy Chicken Pirates | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | Daily Brew Idle: Milk Tea Tycoon | $1.00 | 9 33% | 270 | $270 (exactly $270) | 天道(Tiandao Games) | |
 | GG-Party | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | GoraGames |
 | Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Svinta, Keri | |
 | Mad Lab Roulette | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | humbledbag | |
 | The Madness of Billiards | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Julián David Rozo Montealegre | |
 | Asteroids and Aliens | $2.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | JBJon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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