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Should I ship a Sniper Survival game?
Sniper + Survival
Only 6 developers shipped a Sniper Survival 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, ACESurvivor, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 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 $300 against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 5% | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sniper, Survival
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 23,531 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sniper with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + FPSPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Bullet TimePoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
Comparable games
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 · $19M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013 · $1.6M 
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013 · $1.4M 
AXYOS 2018 · $244k 
Zombie Training Simulator 2016 · $136k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zombie Army Trilogy | older | $44.99 | 14,285 85% | 429k | $19M (exactly $19,280,464) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army | older | $14.99 | 3,557 88% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,583) | Rebellion |
| | Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,020 84% | 91k | $1.4M (exactly $1,358,094) | · |
| | AXYOS | older | $4.99 | 1,629 52% | 49k | $244k (exactly $243,861) | Axyos Games |
| | Zombie Training Simulator | older | $19.99 | 227 92% | 6.8k | $136k (exactly $136,132) | Acceleroto, Inc. |
 | GW: Legacy | older | $15.99 | 128 61% | 3.8k | $61k (exactly $61,402) | Alto Interactive |
 | Masked Forces: Zombie Survival | older | $4.99 | 359 70% | 11k | $54k (exactly $53,742) | Nightbinder |
 | Project RIP | older | $13.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $51k (exactly $50,784) | Storming Tech |
 | Reload | older | $4.99 | 95 70% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Top3Line s.r.o. |
 | Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear | older | $3.99 | 110 64% | 3.3k | $13k (exactly $13,167) | Teyon |
 | ACESurvivor | $4.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | brainstorm Solo Studio | |
 | Midwinter Fan Remaster | · EA | $19.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Titanium Helix Games |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | Ether Core | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cogetsu | |
 | STICKMAN DX : MEGA FIGHTERS | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LITTLE Z |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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