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Should I ship a Demon Hunting game?

Hunting + Demons

Only 10 developers shipped a Demon 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, Paranoia Place: Escape Together, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×20 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 20 announced, ×20 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Hunting + Demons
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 10
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.3k → $0 → $836 → $359
Outcomes for Hunting + Demons: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $178 (exactly $178)
Median $360 (exactly $360)
Top 25% $836 (exactly $836)
Top 5% $373k (exactly $372,734)
Developers, 2 yr 10
Released games 35
Announced 20
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 90% fewer 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.

Hunting
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Demons
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 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
Hunting
Price point
$3.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 86% positive over 1,602 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $360, 1 in 4 over $830, 1 in 20 over $370k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×20 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Hunting with a different setting or mood, 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

Toukiden 2 2017 · $2.1M Toukiden: Kiwami 2015 · $2.0M HellSign 2021 · $1.3M Paranoia Place: Escape Together 2025 · $373k A Day Out 2024 · $182k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Toukiden 2 older $59.99 1,177 80% 35k $2.1M (exactly $2,118,247) KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Toukiden: Kiwami older $59.99 1,134 69% 34k $2.0M (exactly $2,040,860) KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
HellSign older $19.99 2,147 67% 64k $1.3M (exactly $1,287,556) Ballistic Interactive
Paranoia Place: Escape Together $7.99 1,555 87% 47k $373k (exactly $372,734) Bloody Pixel Games
A Day Out older $9.99 607 76% 18k $182k (exactly $181,918) KevTheDev, gamesbychris
Noch older $9.99 252 78% 7.6k $76k (exactly $75,524) Fair Games Studio, Noostyche
ECHOLOCAUTION older $4.99 88 100% 2.6k $13k (exactly $13,174) ハコニワハコビヤ
Fallen Angel: Hell Survival $19.99 15 86% 450 $9.0k (exactly $8,996) Strongfinger
Kalzoon older $4.99 20 90% 600 $3.0k (exactly $2,994) 8BITLAB
Huntfeast · EA older $5.99 14 35% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) DRAUGR
Undead Hunter Part I $1.99 14 78% 420 $836 (exactly $836) Fireplay Studio
Cursed Hours $2.99 5 0% 150 $449 (exactly $449) Prathamesh Naik
HUNTED $3.00 4 0% 120 $360 (exactly $360) Marcos moreira
Ravenhille: Awakened $5.99 2 100% 60 $359 (exactly $359) QuantumPixel
Whispers of the Dead $0.99 6 66% 180 $178 (exactly $178) Agoge Studios
Caller of the Crows $3.99 1 100% 30 $120 (exactly $120) Nepxel Studio, Bebyak P
Rotten Woods $29.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) wow wow Games
Otherwise $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) MonstrCorp

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