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Should I ship a Spectacle fighter Third-Person Shooter?
Spectacle fighter + Third-Person Shooter
Only 14 developers shipped a Spectacle fighter Third-Person 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, 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 44 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper, while revenue is up 3665% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,638) |
| Top 5% | $833k (exactly $833,166) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 3665% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Third-Person Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 3,123 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023 · EA · $900k 
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau 2024 · $833k 
BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut 2020 · $460k 
Ace of Seafood 2016 · $189k 
Hell Division 2022 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DAVIGO: VR vs. PC | · EA older | $24.99 | 1,200 84% | 36k | $900k (exactly $899,640) | Davigo Studio |
| | 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau | $9.99 | 2,780 92% | 83k | $833k (exactly $833,166) | Noto Muteki | |
| | BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut | older | $14.99 | 1,024 77% | 31k | $460k (exactly $460,493) | Terminal Reality |
| | Ace of Seafood | older | $11.99 | 526 91% | 16k | $189k (exactly $189,202) | Calappa Games |
| | Hell Division | older | $13.99 | 191 83% | 5.7k | $80k (exactly $80,163) | Quacky Games |
 | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Fight Crab 2 | · EA older | $14.99 | 128 92% | 3.8k | $58k (exactly $57,562) | Calappa Games |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Soul Saber 2 | older | $9.99 | 180 59% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $53,946) | Yamadaya |
 | The Kingdom of the End＆The Witch of the Beginning | older | $8.99 | 182 64% | 5.5k | $49k (exactly $49,085) | c3アート |
 | Jenny the Witch | $7.99 | 69 88% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Catbird Soft | |
 | Great Tough Bikini 6 | $2.99 | 74 70% | 2.2k | $6.6k (exactly $6,638) | nStarcube | |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Cockroach Simulation | $6.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | WIZWIN | |
 | Japanese Psycho | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ghost_RUS Games | |
 | Samurai Fighters Together | $0.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | cnsgames | |
 | ShoJinDen | $4.20 | 1 100% | 30 | $126 (exactly $126) | EigetsuGames | |
 | Code Ragnarok | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 吴健002 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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