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Should I ship a Roguelite Hunting game?
Hunting + Roguelite
Only 11 developers shipped a Roguelite 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.. 15 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 $4.8k, ×7.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $920k, ×1481 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,101) |
| Top 5% | $930k (exactly $929,824) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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, Roguelite
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 3,058 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Multiverse Loot Hunter 2025 · $930k 
The Red Lantern 2021 · $700k 
Legends of Wasteland 2026 · $67k 
The Corpsmen 2024 · $46k 
In Woods 2024 · $41k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
| | The Red Lantern | older | $24.99 | 934 83% | 28k | $700k (exactly $700,220) | Timberline Studio |
| | Legends of Wasteland | $6.99 | 320 62% | 9.6k | $67k (exactly $67,104) | 清友工作室 | |
| | The Corpsmen | older | $19.99 | 77 57% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | Multicell Games |
| | In Woods | older | $6.99 | 195 84% | 5.9k | $41k (exactly $40,892) | Vision Party |
 | Bound By Blades | older | $10.99 | 94 77% | 2.8k | $31k (exactly $30,992) | Zeth |
 | Dungeon Scavenger | older | $7.99 | 104 95% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | Vidama Software LLC |
 | Kill A Million Rats | $10.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $21k (exactly $21,101) | Nerdook Productions | |
 | Goblins Strike Back -Instant Fuck Heroines- | older | $14.99 | 44 75% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Ketchup AjiNo Mayonnaise |
 | Summonsters | older | $2.99 | 181 75% | 5.4k | $16k (exactly $16,236) | SFCO Games |
 | Dinosaurs Dominion | $9.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Arcupion Art | |
 | SideQuest Hunters | $4.99 | 35 71% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Paparajote Games | |
 | ShuffleHunt | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | PURESO_STUDIO | |
 | Hunting Pack | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Vaeril Games | |
 | Monster Hunting Party | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Contradicted Canine | |
 | BuddySkill | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Youlstudio | |
 | Beast Survivor | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Keith Ku |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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