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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Arena Shooter?

Arena Shooter

Of 847 developers who shipped an Arena 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.. 1,449 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $420, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120. 1,449 games are announced against 497 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper, while revenue is down 15% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 15% on the market, 1,449 announced, ×2.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Arena Shooter
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 847
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $450 → $1.3k → $987 → $899 → $479 → $599 → $359 (still earning) → $240 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Arena Shooter: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 847
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $419 (exactly $419)
Top 25% $3.1k (exactly $3,148)
Top 5% $91k (exactly $91,109)
Developers, 2 yr 847
Released games 2,914
Announced 1,449
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 15% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Arena Shooter
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Arena Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 106,405 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $420, 1 in 4 over $3.1k, 1 in 20 over $91k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 492 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 1,449 games are announced against 497 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Arena Shooter

135 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Battle Royale + Arena Shooter Poor odds $599 36 devs
  2. Arena Shooter + 4 Player Local Poor odds $599 34 devs
  3. Arena Shooter + Combat Racing Poor odds $599 17 devs
  4. Arena Shooter + Stealth Poor odds $599 16 devs
  5. Arena Shooter + Physics Poor odds $597 113 devs
  6. Arena Shooter + Horror Poor odds $539 80 devs
  7. Arena Shooter + Magic Poor odds $539 57 devs
  8. Arena Shooter + Party Game Poor odds $539 44 devs
  9. Arena Shooter + Vehicular Combat Poor odds $539 38 devs
  10. Arena Shooter + Psychological Horror Poor odds $539 19 devs
  11. Looter Shooter + Arena Shooter Poor odds $449 51 devs
  12. Arena Shooter + Bullet Time Poor odds $449 38 devs
  13. Arena Shooter + Action Poor odds $419 807 devs
  14. Arena Shooter + Shooter Poor odds $419 577 devs
  15. Arena Shooter + Fantasy Poor odds $418 103 devs
  16. Arena Shooter + Perma Death Poor odds $418 55 devs
  17. Arena Shooter + Arcade Poor odds $359 390 devs
  18. Arena Shooter + Top-Down Shooter Poor odds $300 219 devs
  19. Arena Shooter + Procedural Generation Poor odds $300 61 devs
  20. Arena Shooter + Rhythm Poor odds $297 18 devs
  21. Arena Shooter + Dungeon Crawler Poor odds $150 16 devs
  22. Character Action Game + Arena Shooter Dead $31k 4 devs
  23. Arena Shooter + Cats Dead $7.7k 7 devs
  24. Arena Shooter + Lovecraftian Dead $3.6k 10 devs
  25. Souls-like + Arena Shooter Dead $1.8k 8 devs
  26. Arena Shooter + Logic Dead $1.7k 10 devs
  27. Arena Shooter + Western Dead $1.4k 11 devs
  28. Arena Shooter + Gothic Dead $1.4k 8 devs
  29. Arena Shooter + Choose Your Own Adventure Dead $1.0k 9 devs
  30. RTS + Arena Shooter Dead $980 5 devs
  31. Arena Shooter + Alternate History Dead $599 10 devs
  32. Arena Shooter + Hidden Object Dead $564 10 devs
  33. Arena Shooter + World War II Dead $539 4 devs
  34. Arena Shooter + Historical Dead $479 12 devs
  35. PvP + Arena Shooter Dead $449 203 devs
  36. Arena Shooter + Base Building Dead $449 13 devs
  37. Arena Shooter + Level Editor Dead $449 8 devs
  38. Hero Shooter + Arena Shooter Dead $446 71 devs
  39. Arena Shooter + Zombies Dead $446 70 devs
  40. Arena Shooter + PvE Dead $419 251 devs
  41. Arena Shooter + Building Dead $419 13 devs
  42. Arena Shooter + Sci-fi Dead $360 226 devs
  43. Arena Shooter + Shoot 'Em Up Dead $359 208 devs
  44. Arena Shooter + Adventure Dead $359 157 devs
  45. Action-Adventure + Arena Shooter Dead $359 123 devs
  46. Arena Shooter + Strategy Dead $359 100 devs
  47. Arena Shooter + Space Dead $359 99 devs
  48. Arena Shooter + Aliens Dead $359 46 devs
  49. Arena Shooter + Tower Defense Dead $359 30 devs
  50. Arena Shooter + Sandbox Dead $359 24 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

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ULTRAKILL · EA older $29.99 213,450 97% 6.4M $192M (exactly $192,040,965) Arsi "Hakita" Patala
Starship Troopers: Extermination $29.99 29,724 80% 892k $27M (exactly $26,742,683) Offworld
Serious Sam 4 older $39.99 15,612 83% 468k $19M (exactly $18,729,716) Croteam
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor $12.99 46,354 86% 1.4M $18M (exactly $18,064,154) Funday Games
Brotato older $4.99 111,407 95% 3.3M $17M (exactly $16,677,628) Blobfish
DUSK older $19.99 22,073 97% 662k $13M (exactly $13,237,178) David Szymanski
MADNESS: Project Nexus older $24.99 15,977 97% 479k $12M (exactly $11,977,957) GIBBING TREE, LLC
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun older $21.99 15,741 90% 472k $10M (exactly $10,384,338) Auroch Digital
Nova Drift older $17.99 12,975 95% 389k $7.0M (exactly $7,002,607) Chimeric
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition older $39.99 4,820 69% 145k $5.8M (exactly $5,782,554) Flying Wild Hog
Echo Point Nova $24.99 7,521 96% 226k $5.6M (exactly $5,638,494) Greylock Studio
Abyssus $24.99 5,014 84% 150k $3.8M (exactly $3,758,996) DoubleMoose Games
VOID/BREAKER · EA $29.99 2,506 91% 75k $2.3M (exactly $2,254,648) Stubby Games
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Vampire Hunters $14.99 1,941 89% 58k $873k (exactly $872,868) Gamecraft Studios
Vellum $19.99 1,290 89% 39k $774k (exactly $773,613) Alvios Games
Glyphica: Typing Survival · EA $9.99 2,488 90% 75k $746k (exactly $745,654) aliasBLACK
Bloodshed $12.99 1,824 84% 55k $711k (exactly $710,813) com8com1 Software

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.