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Should I ship a Dystopian Loot game?
Loot + Dystopian
Only 12 developers shipped a Dystopian Loot 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, BULT: Hunting simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 51 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $15k, ×25 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×415 the market median. Revenue is up 3775% on the market; 51 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $15,467) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $56,643) |
| Top 5% | $260k (exactly $260,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 51 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 3775% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,664 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 51 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different setting or mood, 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
DYSMANTLE 2021 · $6.6M 
The Great Rebellion 2024 · $262k 
BULT: Hunting simulator 2026 · EA · $260k 
A-Tech Cybernetic VR 2020 · $248k 
Entropy 2026 · EA · $105k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DYSMANTLE | older | $19.99 | 11,022 91% | 331k | $6.6M (exactly $6,609,893) | 10tons Ltd |
| | The Great Rebellion | older | $15.99 | 546 96% | 16k | $262k (exactly $261,916) | Kvltgames |
| | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
| | A-Tech Cybernetic VR | older | $14.99 | 552 65% | 17k | $248k (exactly $248,234) | XREAL Games |
| | Entropy | · EA | $11.99 | 293 94% | 8.8k | $105k (exactly $105,392) | Lovely Hellplace |
 | Survivor Girls Sanctuary | $9.99 | 189 64% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,643) | Survival Strategy ！ | |
 | Sector Six | older | $8.00 | 223 93% | 6.7k | $54k (exactly $53,520) | V3663L |
 | Shell Runner | $14.99 | 80 57% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Reija | |
 | StarCrawlers Chimera | older | $19.99 | 43 69% | 1.3k | $26k (exactly $25,787) | Juggernaut Games |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | HOPE 01 | · EA | $11.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,467) | Bending Boy Games |
 | Side Hustle | $3.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | theJameskrik | |
 | The Palaces of The Mind: Chapter One | $1.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Logerofman Studio | |
 | Azoth & Ignis | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Vespertine Digital | |
 | Vivisection | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | LampDog Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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