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Should I ship a Fantasy Looter Shooter?

Looter Shooter + Fantasy

Of 46 developers who shipped a Fantasy Looter Shooter in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 65 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 28 developers shipped in the last year and 65 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 230% on the market, 65 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Looter Shooter + Fantasy
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 46
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $419 → $2.9k → $298 → $1.1k → $89 → $3.6k → $419 (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Looter Shooter + Fantasy: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 46
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,496)
Top 5% $104k (exactly $104,050)
Developers, 2 yr 46
Released games 118
Announced 65
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 230% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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
Fantasy
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; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Roguelite
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 5,591 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $480, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $100k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 28 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

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2022 · $16M LORT 2026 · EA · $1.8M 我在地球修仙有系统 2023 · $431k Almighty: Kill Your Gods 2021 · EA · $241k Gangs of Sherwood 2023 · $227k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands older $29.99 17,779 70% 533k $16M (exactly $15,995,766) Gearbox Software
LORT · EA $14.99 3,933 77% 118k $1.8M (exactly $1,768,670) Big Distraction
我在地球修仙有系统 older $14.99 959 70% 29k $431k (exactly $431,262) 红星
Almighty: Kill Your Gods · EA older $24.99 321 61% 9.6k $241k (exactly $240,654) RUNWILD Entertainment
Gangs of Sherwood older $39.99 189 38% 5.7k $227k (exactly $226,743) Appeal Studios
Nuclear Epoch $14.99 487 78% 15k $219k (exactly $219,004) Cat Play Studio
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure older $9.99 441 68% 13k $132k (exactly $132,168) Gearbox Software, Stray Kite Studios
Black Gunner Wukong older $9.99 417 98% 13k $125k (exactly $124,975) Wukong
Dreadhunter · EA older $24.99 141 77% 4.2k $106k (exactly $105,708) Trickster Arts
Holy Shoot $12.99 267 78% 8.0k $104k (exactly $104,050) Tale Era Interactive
AFTERBLAST · EA $14.99 223 76% 6.7k $100k (exactly $100,283) Lumino Games
Nakara $9.99 310 91% 9.3k $93k (exactly $92,907) R3dspike
Hunters Inc $14.99 155 56% 4.7k $70k (exactly $69,704) WYLDERZONE
Fracturefront $8.99 64 95% 1.9k $17k (exactly $17,261) 梦行志远
Dwarf Delve $12.99 33 33% 990 $13k (exactly $12,860) Gloom Box
Wish Me Well · EA $4.99 60 81% 1.8k $9.0k (exactly $8,982) Starrow Castles
NightMare King $4.99 59 83% 1.8k $8.8k (exactly $8,832) Starmoon Cat

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