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Hunting + Hack and Slash
Only 15 developers shipped a Hack and Slash 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, Hunters Inc, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210. 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper, while revenue is up 350% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $70k (exactly $69,704) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 350% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hunting
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Hack and Slash
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Hack and Slash; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Loot, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 508 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
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Comparable games
WILD HEARTS™ 2023 · $22M 
GOD EATER 3 2019 · $14M 
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst 2016 · $5.3M 
Toukiden 2 2017 · $2.1M 
Toukiden: Kiwami 2015 · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WILD HEARTS™ | older | $69.99 | 10,626 48% | 319k | $22M (exactly $22,311,412) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | GOD EATER 3 | older | $59.99 | 7,736 80% | 232k | $14M (exactly $13,922,479) | BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. |
| | GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst | older | $49.99 | 3,510 80% | 105k | $5.3M (exactly $5,263,947) | BANDAI NAMCO Studio, SHIFT, QLOC |
| | Toukiden 2 | older | $59.99 | 1,177 80% | 35k | $2.1M (exactly $2,118,247) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
| | Toukiden: Kiwami | older | $59.99 | 1,134 69% | 34k | $2.0M (exactly $2,040,860) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | Zombie Training Simulator | older | $19.99 | 227 92% | 6.8k | $136k (exactly $136,132) | Acceleroto, Inc. |
 | Slavania | older | $15.99 | 202 61% | 6.1k | $97k (exactly $96,899) | FrostLeaf Games LLC |
 | Hunters Inc | $14.99 | 155 56% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | WYLDERZONE | |
 | Legends of Wasteland | $6.99 | 320 62% | 9.6k | $67k (exactly $67,104) | 清友工作室 | |
 | Fallen Angel: Hell Survival | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Strongfinger | |
 | CODE:VALKYRIE III | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ulimworks | |
 | HANGRY™ | · EA | $14.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Game Pill |
 | DinoGORE | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | David Mills | |
 | Knights of the Apocalypse | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Sirius Morning Star | |
 | OKeverything with 3000 beauties 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | XIOF FAN, S+TEAMBABA, XU TING | |
 | Star Witch | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Frozen Dungeon | |
 | Silent Woods | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SQUAD24, Elermond Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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