Should I ship a Loot Archery game?
Loot + Archery
Only 9 developers shipped a Loot Archery 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, Zad Archery, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $810 against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $168k (exactly $168,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Loot, Archery
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,003 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Local Co-OpStrong odds
- + SteampunkStrong odds
- + CapitalismFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + JRPGFair
- + EconomyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + CatsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
Karnage Chronicles 2020 · $892k 
QuiVr 2018 · $289k 
Zad Archery 2026 · $168k 
The Viking Way 2020 · EA · $149k 
Rogue Arrows 2022 · $6.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Karnage Chronicles | older | $24.99 | 1,190 85% | 36k | $892k (exactly $892,143) | Nordic Trolls |
| | QuiVr | older | $19.99 | 482 88% | 14k | $289k (exactly $289,055) | Blueteak |
| | Zad Archery | $6.99 | 803 73% | 24k | $168k (exactly $168,389) | Samharia Studios | |
| | The Viking Way | · EA older | $14.99 | 331 42% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Ice Lava Games |
| | Rogue Arrows | older | $4.99 | 43 76% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Jolly Theory |
 | Map Of Materials | older | $3.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $6.0k (exactly $5,985) | Mike Engler |
 | 传说之始 | $3.99 | 46 71% | 1.4k | $5.5k (exactly $5,506) | 水月suigetsu | |
 | SEARCH ALL - RUNES | older | $2.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Smerch Battle Arena | · EA | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Smerch Games |
 | Midjungard | older | $15.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) | Plus Infinity Studios |
 | Shiny Stones | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Verbal Chambers | |
 | Arrow Dungeon | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | ParkDol | |
 | Gladatora | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jeremiah Eastman | |
 | Guards vs Goats | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Amado | |
 | Total Defense: Three Kingdoms | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | JinDai | |
 | DiceRoll | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MuDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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