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Should I ship a Twin Stick Shooter Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 16 developers shipped a Twin Stick Shooter 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, Suit for Hire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×6.6 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. 33 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.6 per shipper, while revenue is up 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,467,371) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Twin Stick Shooter
- 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, Twin Stick Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Roguelite, Shooter
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 6,441 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, 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
Hatred 2015 · $4.6M 
Suit for Hire 2025 · $1.5M 
Greedland 2025 · $1.1M 
Halo: Spartan Assault 2014 · $394k 
Alien Breed: Impact 2010 · $316k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hatred | older | $5.99 | 25,770 84% | 773k | $4.6M (exactly $4,630,869) | Destructive Creations |
| | Suit for Hire | $14.99 | 3,263 92% | 98k | $1.5M (exactly $1,467,371) | Godmode Interactive | |
| | Greedland | $12.99 | 2,919 83% | 88k | $1.1M (exactly $1,137,534) | VaMP He | |
| | Halo: Spartan Assault | older | $2.99 | 4,397 78% | 132k | $394k (exactly $394,411) | Vanguard Games, 343 Industries |
| | Alien Breed: Impact | older | $9.99 | 1,055 78% | 32k | $316k (exactly $316,184) | Team17 Software Ltd. |
 | Shadowgrounds Survivor | older | $9.99 | 583 62% | 17k | $175k (exactly $174,725) | Frozenbyte |
 | Halo: Spartan Strike | older | $2.99 | 1,632 79% | 49k | $146k (exactly $146,390) | 343 Industries, Vanguard Games |
 | Cyber Avenger | older | $12.99 | 131 87% | 3.9k | $51k (exactly $51,051) | Quacky Games |
 | HSS:Reload | $8.99 | 181 71% | 5.4k | $49k (exactly $48,816) | SmokingBear Studio | |
 | Intergalactic Ecstasy | older | $14.99 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | HFTGames |
 | NeverCOM | · EA | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co.… (Shenzhen Huajian Network Technology Co., Ltd) |
 | Virus Rush + Hazard of the Ages | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | STRANGER | |
 | CHROMA+ELEKTRON | · EA | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Eric·ZDW |
 | Red Siren: Space Defense | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | ISTOM Games | |
 | Furball Over the Front | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Page Blue House | |
 | Tread Heavy | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Nos Games LTD | |
 | Dead Christmas | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Mad Park Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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