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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Zombie Sniper game?

Sniper + Zombies

Only 5 developers shipped a Zombie Sniper 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, Source Code, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 2.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 7 announced, ×7.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Sniper + Zombies
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 5
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.5k → $539 → $9.6k
Outcomes for Sniper + Zombies: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 5
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $1.5k (exactly $1,497)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,238)
Top 5% $20k (exactly $19,790)
Developers, 2 yr 5
Released games 36
Announced 7
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 75% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Sniper
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Zombies
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Sniper
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $7.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 35,675 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $1.5k, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $19k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 7 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Sniper with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiFair9 devs · median $600 · 10 announced
  2. + ArcadeLong shot20 devs · median $300 · 14 announced
  3. + MilitaryPoor odds28 devs · median $3.0k · 38 announced
  4. + TacticalPoor odds22 devs · median $1.4k · 33 announced
  5. + Action-AdventurePoor odds15 devs · median $1.2k · 22 announced
  6. + FPSPoor odds36 devs · median $899 · 57 announced
  7. + CombatPoor odds24 devs · median $899 · 38 announced
  8. + Bullet TimePoor odds8 devs · median $899 · 6 announced
  9. + StealthPoor odds12 devs · median $779 · 22 announced
  10. + ShooterPoor odds55 devs · median $600 · 84 announced
  11. + Gun CustomizationPoor odds10 devs · median $600 · 11 announced
  12. + ActionPoor odds69 devs · median $598 · 89 announced

All 36 pairs on the Sniper page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 · $19M Zombie Army 4: Dead War 2021 · $15M Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013 · $1.6M Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013 · $1.4M Murder Miners 2014 · $356k
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
Zombie Army 4: Dead War older $49.99 10,028 86% 301k $15M (exactly $15,038,992) 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) ·
Murder Miners older $2.99 3,965 87% 119k $356k (exactly $355,660) JForce Games
Zombie Training Simulator older $19.99 227 92% 6.8k $136k (exactly $136,132) Acceleroto, Inc.
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
False Front older $8.99 80 82% 2.4k $22k (exactly $21,576) Svantech Studios
Source Code $19.99 33 60% 990 $20k (exactly $19,790) Blitzball.Inc
WARRIORS · EA $17.99 6 0% 180 $3.2k (exactly $3,238) BAKROS DYNAMICS
ACESurvivor $4.99 10 50% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,497) brainstorm Solo Studio
Kill the horde $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) XF Games
Streamer VS Zombie $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) ArachniGAMES

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.