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Should I ship a Time Management Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Time Management
Only 15 developers shipped a Time Management 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, Emergency Call - The Firefighting Simulation 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×185 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) |
| Top 5% | $277k (exactly $277,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 15% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Immersive Sim, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 540 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Emergency Call - The Firefighting Simulation 3 2026 · EA · $277k 
Timemelters 2024 · $91k 
Flirting Goddesses by AFK 2026 · $9.3k 
Organic Burger Simulator 2025 · EA · $5.4k 
Grim Pastures 2025 · EA · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Emergency Call - The Firefighting Simulation 3 | · EA | $24.99 | 370 71% | 11k | $277k (exactly $277,389) | Crenetic GmbH Studios |
| | Timemelters | older | $19.99 | 152 92% | 4.6k | $91k (exactly $91,154) | Autoexec Games |
| | Flirting Goddesses by AFK | $2.99 | 104 96% | 3.1k | $9.3k (exactly $9,329) | God's City Days | |
| | Organic Burger Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 12 58% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Mehmet Bilici, Hüseyin Doğan |
| | Grim Pastures | · EA | $3.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | 7hgamestudio |
 | Money Theft 3 Last Mission | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | Herder | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Porchman Games |
 | IRIDESCENT | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Cup of Crow |
 | LAST CHICK - 最後のひよこ | older | $2.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
 | DA PAPER BOY | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | 3D Dojo Studios | |
 | 中国式富豪 | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | 大米粥工作室 | |
 | Infinite Space: Mining | $2.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Taner Saydam | |
 | Noir Mafia Simulator: 1960s American Crime | · EA | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Meraki Tech |
 | Maze of Perdition | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Wesley J Nogueira |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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