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Should I ship a Loot Action RTS?
Action RTS + Loot
Only 8 developers shipped a Loot Action RTS 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, Darfall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.5k against a market of $1.5k. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) |
| Top 25% | $189k (exactly $188,842) |
| Top 5% | $368k (exactly $368,103) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Loot
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RTS, Loot
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 5,206 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + FPSLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + Turn-Based StrategyPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + Grand StrategyPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
The Lost Village 2024 · $987k 
Darfall 2025 · $368k 
Fate Seeker: Journey 2022 · $332k 
Warlords Battleground: Extraction 2026 · $189k 
The Valiant 2022 · $157k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Lost Village | older | $11.99 | 2,743 70% | 82k | $987k (exactly $986,657) | FunYoo Games |
| | Darfall | $24.99 | 491 71% | 15k | $368k (exactly $368,103) | SquareNite | |
| | Fate Seeker: Journey | older | $10.00 | 1,105 77% | 33k | $332k (exactly $331,500) | JSL Entertainment |
| | Warlords Battleground: Extraction | $11.99 | 525 84% | 16k | $189k (exactly $188,842) | 绝汪 | |
| | The Valiant | older | $24.99 | 209 61% | 6.3k | $157k (exactly $156,687) | KITE Games |
 | CUBE ROYALE | · EA older | $9.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Creature Factory |
 | Tactical Command | older | $7.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | Hardy Games |
 | Tribe Nation | $9.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Random Worlds s.r.o. | |
 | The Faction | older | $19.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | GamesBraz |
 | Agent 01 | older | $19.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | GamesBraz |
 | Warsong | · EA | $14.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Windforce |
 | WEAPON MASTER | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | SamAFEI, ONE SHOT STUDIO | |
 | This sect accepts female disciples only | $8.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | sln | |
 | Dionysus | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Brady Marchand | |
 | Spectral Revelation: The Seven Color Trial | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | CJ, DorpBear |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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