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Should I ship a Wargame Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Wargame
Of 45 developers who shipped a Wargame 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.. 87 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 87 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper, while revenue is up 5630% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 144 |
| Announced | 87 |
| 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 5630% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Wargame
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Wargame; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 4,770 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 87 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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