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Should I ship a Vehicular Combat Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Vehicular Combat
Of 42 developers who shipped a Vehicular Combat Third-Person Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 120 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 120 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper, while revenue is down 10% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) |
| Top 5% | $761k (exactly $761,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 42 |
| Released games | 147 |
| Announced | 120 |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Vehicular Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Vehicular Combat; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Arcade
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 10,795 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 120 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II 2020 · $105M 
Mad Max 2015 · $35M 
Sprocket 2021 · EA · $7.4M 
STAR WARS™ Battlefront 2020 · $3.1M 
SAND LAND 2024 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II | older | $39.99 | 87,494 88% | 2.6M | $105M (exactly $104,966,552) | DICE |
| | Mad Max | older | $19.99 | 57,651 91% | 1.7M | $35M (exactly $34,573,305) | Avalanche Studios |
| | Sprocket | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,336 92% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,397,899) | Hamish Dunn |
| | STAR WARS™ Battlefront | older | $19.99 | 5,190 79% | 156k | $3.1M (exactly $3,112,443) | DICE |
| | SAND LAND | older | $59.99 | 1,018 86% | 31k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,095) | ILCA, Inc. |
 | Panzer Knights | older | $24.99 | 1,896 79% | 57k | $1.4M (exactly $1,421,431) | 樂磚Joy Brick |
 | FUMES | · EA | $14.99 | 2,816 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,266,355) | FUMES team |
 | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
 | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
 | Brickadia | · EA | $19.99 | 1,269 81% | 38k | $761k (exactly $761,019) | Brickadia, LLC |
 | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
 | Heroes of Valor | · EA | $14.99 | 1,324 90% | 40k | $595k (exactly $595,403) | Fancy Cat Interactive |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks | $19.99 | 493 85% | 15k | $296k (exactly $295,652) | Caged Element | |
 | Tankenstein | · EA | $17.99 | 238 89% | 7.1k | $128k (exactly $128,449) | Landship Games LTD |
 | PATLABOR the Case Files | $34.99 | 47 65% | 1.4k | $49k (exactly $49,336) | Chime | |
 | POLARIS™ | $19.99 | 32 59% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | POLARIS™ Team, Variable State | |
 | Ultra Cop | $1.99 | 195 89% | 5.9k | $12k (exactly $11,642) | JG Roos |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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