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Should I ship a Superhero Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Superhero
Only 3 developers shipped a Superhero Third-Person Shooter in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 13 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×18 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,985) |
| Top 5% | $27M (exactly $26,703,985) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 161,379 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 18 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×18 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2021 · $64M 
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected 2013 · $34M 
Batman™: Arkham Origins 2013 · $27M 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024 · $27M 
Saints Row 2023 · $5.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | older | $59.99 | 35,397 93% | 1.1M | $64M (exactly $63,703,981) | Eidos-Montréal |
| | Saints Row IV: Re-Elected | older | $19.99 | 57,525 87% | 1.7M | $34M (exactly $34,497,742) | Deep Silver Volition |
| | Batman™: Arkham Origins | older | $19.99 | 45,536 90% | 1.4M | $27M (exactly $27,307,939) | WB Games Montreal, Splash Damage |
| | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | older | $69.99 | 12,718 60% | 382k | $27M (exactly $26,703,985) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Saints Row | older | $29.99 | 5,765 61% | 173k | $5.2M (exactly $5,186,770) | Volition |
 | Agents of Mayhem | older | $29.99 | 3,270 59% | 98k | $2.9M (exactly $2,942,019) | Deep Silver Volition |
 | Amazing Frog? 2 | · EA older | $19.99 | 726 77% | 22k | $435k (exactly $435,382) | Fayju |
 | Turbo Chicken Simulator | · EA older | $14.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Balkanware |
 | Rampage Miami | older | $1.99 | 217 88% | 6.5k | $13k (exactly $12,955) | RewindApp |
 | Jesus Christ Simulator | · EA older | $1.99 | 184 88% | 5.5k | $11k (exactly $10,985) | Luke Gayson |
 | Evil Superhero Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Superhero Central |
 | Wima Magicamia Cute Girls Magic Battle 3DTPS | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | NoHitCreations | |
 | ZeroPoint | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Aysert Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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