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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Dark Fantasy
Only 12 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy Looter 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, MEAT TRAIN, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 38 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper, while revenue is up 440% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,498) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $31,050) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 440% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Looter Shooter
- effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 84% positive over 203 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 38 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
我在地球修仙有系统 2023 · $431k 
MEAT TRAIN 2026 · EA · $31k 
Ravensword: Undaunted 2021 · EA · $14k 
NightMare King 2025 · $8.8k 
The secret pyramid VR 2023 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 我在地球修仙有系统 | older | $14.99 | 959 70% | 29k | $431k (exactly $431,262) | 红星 |
| | MEAT TRAIN | · EA | $15.00 | 69 91% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,050) | Kiwiforge, Timothy Vincent |
| | Ravensword: Undaunted | · EA older | $7.99 | 57 49% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Trimatra Interactive |
| | NightMare King | $4.99 | 59 83% | 1.8k | $8.8k (exactly $8,832) | Starmoon Cat | |
| | The secret pyramid VR | older | $7.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Linkup |
 | Dune Rancher | $2.99 | 39 76% | 1.2k | $3.5k (exactly $3,498) | Jestercraft | |
 | 冬眠（hibernation） | older | $6.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | 玄机子 |
 | Valkyrie Champions | older | $3.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Valorware |
 | Among Ass 2: Butt Warfare | older | $0.99 | 98 84% | 2.9k | $2.9k (exactly $2,911) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Alchemy Survivors | · EA | $3.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Andrew Brown, Andrew Noel |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | Shattered Lands (破碎之地) | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | VoidStudio | |
 | AWAKE | $15.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | REZA ALIDAD | |
 | North Sentinel Island | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MasterHanzi | |
 | Flooded Lands | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OpxGaming | |
 | Mega Load On | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pavels Makarovs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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