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Should I ship a Supernatural Twin Stick Shooter?
Twin Stick Shooter + Supernatural
Only 11 developers shipped a Supernatural Twin Stick 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, Section 13, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $460k, ×972 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,424) |
| Top 5% | $462k (exactly $461,769) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.40 |
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 75% 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.
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Price point
- $8.40 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 71% positive over 1,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Twin Stick Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Looter ShooterPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
Comparable games
Section 13 2025 · $462k 
RIFTSTORM 2026 · EA · $296k 
Ritual: Crown of Horns 2019 · $35k 
Rose and Locket 2026 · $19k 
A Quiver of Crows 2016 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Section 13 | $19.99 | 770 70% | 23k | $462k (exactly $461,769) | Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. | |
| | RIFTSTORM | · EA | $14.99 | 659 70% | 20k | $296k (exactly $296,352) | Confiction Labs, Agate |
| | Ritual: Crown of Horns | older | $19.99 | 58 68% | 1.7k | $35k (exactly $34,783) | Draw Distance |
| | Rose and Locket | $11.99 | 54 92% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Whistling Wizard | |
| | A Quiver of Crows | older | $14.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Sheado.net |
 | Pecaminosa | older | $9.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Cereal Games |
 | Mad Devils: Damned-finitive Edition | older | $14.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Itzy Interactive Inc. |
 | HOLYHUNT | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | ARTFICIAL |
 | Rune Bender VR | $12.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | Nurogames | |
 | Breach the Abyss | $4.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Digital Firewood | |
 | Brainrot Tung Tung Sahur | $1.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Onlygames S.R.L. | |
 | Second Death | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Hirosky | |
 | Lovecraft Survivors | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Threshold Games | |
 | Helen in Hell | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Soined | |
 | Defy The Abyss | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BeWolf Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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