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Should I ship a Flight Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Flight
Only 9 developers shipped a Flight 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, Jump Space, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $6.4M, ×4293 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,581) |
| Top 5% | $6.4M (exactly $6,431,183) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, Flight
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 24,194 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
EVERSPACE™ 2 2023 · $18M 
Jump Space 2025 · EA · $6.4M 
The Brew Barons 2024 · $546k 
Nienix: Cosmic Warfare 2023 · $201k 
Deep Space Exploitation 2025 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EVERSPACE™ 2 | older | $49.99 | 12,040 85% | 361k | $18M (exactly $18,056,388) | ROCKFISH Games |
| | Jump Space | · EA | $19.99 | 10,724 85% | 322k | $6.4M (exactly $6,431,183) | Keepsake Games |
| | The Brew Barons | older | $21.99 | 828 75% | 25k | $546k (exactly $546,232) | Lifetap Studios |
| | Nienix: Cosmic Warfare | older | $19.99 | 336 87% | 10k | $201k (exactly $201,499) | HolmCom |
| | Deep Space Exploitation | $8.99 | 131 96% | 3.9k | $35k (exactly $35,331) | JuhrJuhr | |
 | Avium | older | $29.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $23k (exactly $23,392) | The Robot |
 | Catharage | $9.99 | 62 82% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Björn Michalski | |
 | Wrath and Retribution | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Mad Vulture Games | |
 | SPL: Skilled Pilots Live | · EA older | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Me Vs Game |
 | Ma3 | older | $9.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Matheesan, Ahila |
 | Galaxy Invaders - Eclipse Squadron | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | PlayCube Interactive | |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆 | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Queen Vampire | |
 | BlassHole | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nonyx Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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