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Should I ship a Western Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Western
Only 15 developers shipped a Western 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, Red Dead Redemption, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 870% on the market; 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $51,283) |
| Top 5% | $30M (exactly $30,434,912) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 870% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Western
- 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 20,775 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + 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
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Red Dead Redemption 2 2019 · $1.5B 
Red Dead Online 2020 · $36M 
Red Dead Redemption 2024 · $30M 
Evil West 2022 · $15M 
GUN™ 2006 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Red Dead Redemption 2 | older | $59.99 | 846,270 92% | 25M | $1.5B (exactly $1,523,032,119) | Rockstar Games |
| | Red Dead Online | older | $19.99 | 59,572 82% | 1.8M | $36M (exactly $35,725,328) | Rockstar Games |
| | Red Dead Redemption | $49.99 | 20,294 92% | 609k | $30M (exactly $30,434,912) | Rockstar Games, Double Eleven | |
| | Evil West | older | $49.99 | 10,215 74% | 306k | $15M (exactly $15,319,436) | Flying Wild Hog |
| | GUN™ | older | $19.99 | 2,102 91% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,260,569) | Neversoft |
 | Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD | older | $9.99 | 1,534 87% | 46k | $460k (exactly $459,740) | Oddworld Inhabitants |
 | West Hunt | older | $9.99 | 1,522 84% | 46k | $456k (exactly $456,143) | NewGen |
 | Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West | older | $9.99 | 907 70% | 27k | $272k (exactly $271,828) | Fatshark |
 | Western Rye | · EA | $21.99 | 104 53% | 3.1k | $69k (exactly $68,609) | Nixalon Studios |
 | WILD SEX: WET GIRLS | older | $9.99 | 203 60% | 6.1k | $61k (exactly $60,839) | Octo Games |
 | Deadrock Redemption 2 | $14.99 | 123 86% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | Entropy Digital Entertainment | |
 | Frontier Legends | · EA | $29.99 | 57 40% | 1.7k | $51k (exactly $51,283) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
 | Cowboy 3030 | $14.99 | 96 87% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $43,171) | Soy Boy Games | |
 | GRIT | $19.99 | 34 35% | 1.0k | $20k (exactly $20,390) | Team GRIT | |
 | DeadboySkeleton | $4.99 | 52 96% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | GreyCigarGames | |
 | Golfslinger | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Chaos Cactus | |
 | Darkman: Bounty Hunter | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | CDIS Lab. | |
 | Don't Shoot First! | $0.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Sonomio Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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