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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Demon Looter Shooter?

Looter Shooter + Demons

Only 9 developers shipped a Demon 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, Grind Survivors, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $660, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 16 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Looter Shooter + Demons
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Looter Shooter + Demons: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $657 (exactly $657)
Top 25% $69k (exactly $68,966)
Top 5% $519k (exactly $519,080)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 27
Announced 16
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 250% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
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
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Looter Shooter
Price point
$3.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $4.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 28,250 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 $660, 1 in 4 over $68k, 1 in 20 over $510k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair13 devs · median $219k · 14 announced
  2. + Vehicular CombatFair11 devs · median $15k · 14 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  4. + 3D PlatformerLong shot23 devs · median $449 · 16 announced
  5. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds31 devs · median $71k · 73 announced
  6. + Online Co-OpPoor odds54 devs · median $25k · 136 announced
  7. + Co-opPoor odds56 devs · median $25k · 124 announced
  8. + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  9. + DystopianPoor odds14 devs · median $10k · 45 announced
  10. + Base BuildingPoor odds36 devs · median $9.1k · 74 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds50 devs · median $9.0k · 151 announced
  12. + Inventory ManagementPoor odds27 devs · median $6.9k · 61 announced

All 90 pairs on the Looter Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Shadow Warrior 2 2016 · $22M HELLGATE: London 2018 · $865k Grind Survivors 2026 · $519k Holy Shoot 2025 · $104k Second Sun 2025 · $69k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Shadow Warrior 2 older $29.99 24,120 87% 724k $22M (exactly $21,700,764) Flying Wild Hog
HELLGATE: London older $12.99 2,219 57% 67k $865k (exactly $864,744) T3Entertainment
Grind Survivors $12.99 1,332 69% 40k $519k (exactly $519,080) Pushka Studios
Holy Shoot $12.99 267 78% 8.0k $104k (exactly $104,050) Tale Era Interactive
Second Sun $19.99 115 69% 3.5k $69k (exactly $68,966) Grey Wolf Entertainment
Ravensword: Undaunted · EA older $7.99 57 49% 1.7k $14k (exactly $13,663) Trimatra Interactive
Godsvivors older $4.99 87 83% 2.6k $13k (exactly $13,024) Titan
OM6N older $14.99 18 66% 540 $8.1k (exactly $8,095) CJWorks
Trap Arena older $1.99 27 62% 810 $1.6k (exactly $1,612) Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Cat Survivors $4.99 8 87% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Ibon Studios
Mark of Cain $1.99 11 72% 330 $657 (exactly $657) Mangas Mango Studios
RTM - The Last Days $2.99 4 25% 120 $359 (exactly $359) SaltRTM
DeadEye: A Roguelike Shooter · EA $2.99 2 100% 60 $179 (exactly $179) AliceCatto
North Sentinel Island $3.99 1 100% 30 $120 (exactly $120) MasterHanzi
SolicitorZ $0.99 3 100% 90 $89 (exactly $89) Beem Studio

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