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Should I ship a Western Stealth game?
Stealth + Western
Only 6 developers shipped a Western Stealth 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, Altarium, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×3.0 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 $2.1k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Top 5% | $17k (exactly $17,383) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Stealth
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 34,887 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Desperados III 2020 · $14M 
Weird West: Definitive Edition 2022 · $4.8M 
Blood West 2023 · $4.6M 
This Land Is My Land 2021 · $3.8M 
Call of Juarez 2007 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Desperados III | older | $39.99 | 11,880 96% | 356k | $14M (exactly $14,252,436) | Mimimi Games |
| | Weird West: Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 3,962 77% | 119k | $4.8M (exactly $4,753,211) | WolfEye Studios |
| | Blood West | older | $24.99 | 6,132 90% | 184k | $4.6M (exactly $4,597,160) | Hyperstrange |
| | This Land Is My Land | older | $29.99 | 4,248 68% | 127k | $3.8M (exactly $3,821,926) | Game-Labs |
| | Call of Juarez | older | $9.99 | 3,732 81% | 112k | $1.1M (exactly $1,118,480) | Techland |
 | Wild Bastards | older | $34.99 | 616 74% | 18k | $647k (exactly $646,615) | Blue Manchu |
 | West Hunt | older | $9.99 | 1,522 84% | 46k | $456k (exactly $456,143) | NewGen |
 | Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive | older | $4.99 | 2,111 87% | 63k | $316k (exactly $316,017) | Spellbound |
 | Desert Skies | · EA older | $19.99 | 423 56% | 13k | $254k (exactly $253,673) | White_Rabbit_Games |
 | Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | older | $9.99 | 261 50% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $78,222) | Spellbound |
 | Altarium | $9.99 | 58 53% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,383) | Metavision Studio | |
 | Deadrock Salvation | $9.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Ghost Machine | |
 | A Fistful Of Yankees | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Pulsar Creation | |
 | Ghost Town Seekers | $1.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | TURU Games | |
 | The Sheriff | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | KryxGames | |
 | The Sunset Land | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rendara |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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