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Should I ship a Magic Hunting game?
Hunting + Magic
Only 10 developers shipped a Magic 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, The Quinfall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.6M, ×5762 the market median. Revenue is up 8830% on the market; 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $67,104) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 8825% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 52% positive over 12,807 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
DYSPLACED 2026 · EA · $222k 
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown 2021 · $196k 
Legends of Wasteland 2026 · $67k 
DragonRoad 2025 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | DYSPLACED | · EA | $24.99 | 296 87% | 8.9k | $222k (exactly $221,911) | 10tons Ltd |
| | The Vale: Shadow of the Crown | older | $19.99 | 326 97% | 9.8k | $196k (exactly $195,502) | Falling Squirrel, Creative Bytes Studios |
| | Legends of Wasteland | $6.99 | 320 62% | 9.6k | $67k (exactly $67,104) | 清友工作室 | |
| | DragonRoad | $19.98 | 82 91% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | XuJie | |
 | Fallen Angel: Hell Survival | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Strongfinger | |
 | BACK TO THE EGG! Tower Defense | older | $9.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | JaudaLabs |
 | 4 Kingdoms Supremacy | · EA older | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | PiggyNose Games |
 | ShuffleHunt | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | PURESO_STUDIO | |
 | Age Of Omens | · EA older | $15.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | Groundbreak Games |
 | Ghost Hunters | $14.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | 8floor ltd | |
 | Hunter's Journey: Nightmare Hunting Collector's Edition | $15.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Silent Woods | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SQUAD24, Elermond Studio |
 | Otherwise | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MonstrCorp |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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