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Should I ship a Dinosaur Hunting game?
Hunting + Dinosaurs
Only 12 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Deathground, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×628 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,014) |
| Top 5% | $394k (exactly $394,387) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 1,299 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition 2020 · $144M 
The Isle 2015 · EA · $67M 
Deathground 2025 · EA · $394k 
Prehistoric Hunt 2020 · EA · $366k 
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt 2022 · $106k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 95,804 87% | 2.9M | $144M (exactly $143,677,259) | Guerrilla |
| | The Isle | · EA older | $19.99 | 111,397 80% | 3.3M | $67M (exactly $66,804,781) | Afterthought LLC |
| | Deathground | · EA | $14.99 | 877 61% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Jaw Drop Games |
| | Prehistoric Hunt | · EA older | $17.99 | 678 84% | 20k | $366k (exactly $365,917) | Antiproto Studios |
| | Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt | older | $14.99 | 235 63% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $105,680) | Digital Dreams Entertainment |
 | Dinosaur Hunt | older | $0.99 | 3,382 67% | 101k | $100k (exactly $100,445) | Racing Bros |
 | Athos | · EA older | $24.99 | 95 58% | 2.9k | $71k (exactly $71,222) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
 | Dinosis Survival | older | $5.99 | 291 55% | 8.7k | $52k (exactly $52,293) | Corpix Games |
 | DragonRoad | $19.98 | 82 91% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | XuJie | |
 | Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors | older | $12.99 | 91 58% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,463) | Arcupion Art |
 | BLOOD MALL: RETAPED | $1.99 | 285 94% | 8.6k | $17k (exactly $17,014) | Ollie Hall | |
 | Dinosaurs Dominion | $9.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Arcupion Art | |
 | Morels: Out of this World | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Abrams Studios LLC | |
 | Breathbound | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | 十年 | |
 | DinoGORE | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Mills | |
 | Dinosaur Zoo VR : Dinosaur Hunting | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dani360_studios | |
 | Bow Hunter | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Chadams Studios | |
 | Dinosaur Huntress | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | ImpureMind |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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