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Should I ship a Walking Simulator Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Walking Simulator
Of 27 developers who shipped a Walking Simulator 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.. 27 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×74 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 27 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 5% | $110k (exactly $110,345) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Walking Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 15,733 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 16 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
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT 2022 · $60M 
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 2026 · $32M 
GOHOME 2020 · $148k 
Sex Trainer's Diary: Hidden Kink 2026 · $110k 
VERGE:Lost chapter 2015 · $85k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT | older | $39.99 | 49,837 91% | 1.5M | $60M (exactly $59,789,449) | KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS |
| | DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $69.99 | 15,434 94% | 463k | $32M (exactly $32,406,770) | KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software | |
| | GOHOME | older | $14.99 | 328 85% | 9.8k | $148k (exactly $147,502) | 市松製化, https://1ma2szk.booth.pm/ |
| | Sex Trainer's Diary: Hidden Kink | $19.99 | 184 70% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | 老二打鐵舖, 072 Localize, NOVA CONCEPT | |
| | VERGE:Lost chapter | older | $0.99 | 2,874 52% | 86k | $85k (exactly $85,358) | GDNomaD |
 | Dread X Collection 5 | older | $9.99 | 251 81% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $75,225) | Christopher Yabsley, Stroboskop, Viscer… (Christopher Yabsley, Stroboskop, VisceralError, Nikk F., FYRE Games, Roope Tamminen, Shakles, Darkstone Digital, Philisophic Games, Colorfiction, iwilliams, Matt Reeves, Abbey 'Scruncho' Smith) |
 | Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta - Episode 1 - Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 481 60% | 14k | $72k (exactly $72,006) | Semaphore |
 | It Comes In Waves | older | $2.99 | 382 92% | 11k | $34k (exactly $34,265) | Antonio Freyre |
 | project BLARI | older | $5.99 | 153 87% | 4.6k | $27k (exactly $27,494) | MaxEstLa |
 | Sex Standing | older | $3.99 | 218 53% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $26,095) | Octo Games |
 | Hollowreach - Alone | $6.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | TDOG STUDIOS | |
 | Assassin Of Dombardos | $9.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Saylor Games | |
 | P4ST3L | · EA | $5.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | UsaginO |
 | Money Theft | $4.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Money Theft 3 Last Mission | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software | |
 | Assassin Of Spider 2: 2099 | $5.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Saylor games | |
 | Evil World HOPSCA | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | XU RENYU | |
 | Big Theft Valkeala | $2.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, Kendall… (Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software, Kendall Studios) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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