Do I ship it?

Games › Hunting › Hunting + Action Roguelike

Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Action Roguelike Hunting game?

Hunting + Action Roguelike

Only 11 developers shipped an Action Roguelike Hunting game 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, Huntin' Buddies, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 21 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Hunting + Action Roguelike
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Hunting + Action Roguelike: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $210 (exactly $210)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,198)
Top 5% $12k (exactly $12,464)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 30
Announced 21
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.20

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 20% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

See every window in the explorer →

Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Hunting
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Action Roguelike
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

How the rubric works →

Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Hunting, Action Roguelike
Price point
$6.20 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 78% positive over 91 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $210, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $12k.

3 in 10 developers made under $210. 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Post-apocalypticPoor odds19 devs · median $33k · 29 announced
  2. + Base BuildingPoor odds24 devs · median $29k · 70 announced
  3. + Co-opPoor odds30 devs · median $22k · 58 announced
  4. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds19 devs · median $22k · 29 announced
  5. + Online Co-OpPoor odds31 devs · median $18k · 56 announced
  6. + AgriculturePoor odds14 devs · median $15k · 20 announced
  7. + SandboxPoor odds37 devs · median $12k · 77 announced
  8. + MagicPoor odds10 devs · median $9.0k · 20 announced
  9. + SimulationPoor odds76 devs · median $5.7k · 128 announced
  10. + BuildingPoor odds37 devs · median $4.8k · 79 announced
  11. + CraftingPoor odds50 devs · median $4.8k · 116 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds11 devs · median $4.8k · 11 announced

All 72 pairs on the Hunting page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

In Woods 2024 · $41k Huntin' Buddies 2026 · $12k Delicious Dungeon 2023 · $11k Fallen Angel: Hell Survival 2025 · $9.0k Smokyflex 2022 · $4.3k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
In Woods older $6.99 195 84% 5.9k $41k (exactly $40,892) Vision Party
Huntin' Buddies $7.99 52 76% 1.6k $12k (exactly $12,464) Huntin' Buddies Wildlife Management
Delicious Dungeon older $7.99 46 73% 1.4k $11k (exactly $11,026) Digital Cauldron
Fallen Angel: Hell Survival $19.99 15 86% 450 $9.0k (exactly $8,996) Strongfinger
Smokyflex older $12.99 11 90% 330 $4.3k (exactly $4,287) Gamesforgames
猎人修仙传 Hunter Immortal $7.99 5 20% 150 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) blues
Forest Spring older $5.00 7 42% 210 $1.1k (exactly $1,050) OAS
KHIO · EA older $9.99 3 66% 90 $899 (exactly $899) Necavare
Pixel Ninja older $7.99 3 66% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Nacks Soft
Big Buck Backshots $1.99 11 100% 330 $657 (exactly $657) Hilltop Games
Hunting Pack $6.99 2 100% 60 $419 (exactly $419) Vaeril Games
Monster Hunting Party $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Contradicted Canine
Bow Hunter $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) Chadams Studios
Silent Woods · EA $6.99 1 0% 30 $210 (exactly $210) SQUAD24, Elermond Studio
Beast Survivor $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Keith Ku
Sef Saga · EA $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Sef

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