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Should I ship a Loot Hunting game?
Hunting + Loot
Only 14 developers shipped a Loot 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, Multiverse Loot Hunter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $920k, ×1481 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $67,104) |
| Top 5% | $930k (exactly $929,824) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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, Loot; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Idler, Building
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 4,809 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin 2021 · $14M 
DYSMANTLE 2021 · $6.6M 
Monster Hunter Stories 2024 · $1.5M 
Multiverse Loot Hunter 2025 · $930k 
Witch Hunt 2018 · $687k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin | older | $39.99 | 11,845 82% | 355k | $14M (exactly $14,210,446) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | DYSMANTLE | older | $19.99 | 11,022 91% | 331k | $6.6M (exactly $6,609,893) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Monster Hunter Stories | older | $29.99 | 1,615 90% | 48k | $1.5M (exactly $1,453,016) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
| | Witch Hunt | older | $9.99 | 2,291 88% | 69k | $687k (exactly $686,613) | Gua |
 | Skinwalker Hunt | older | $12.99 | 790 91% | 24k | $308k (exactly $307,863) | Gua |
 | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
 | Another Try 2 | · EA | $6.99 | 1,000 53% | 30k | $210k (exactly $209,700) | Hoki Wolf Studio |
 | Badiya: Desert Survival | · EA older | $19.99 | 284 50% | 8.5k | $170k (exactly $170,315) | Semaphore |
 | Athos | · EA older | $24.99 | 95 58% | 2.9k | $71k (exactly $71,222) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
 | 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 |
 | The Hunter's Path | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | JustWallWireHead Games | |
 | 猎人修仙传 Hunter Immortal | $7.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | blues | |
 | 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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