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Should I ship a Mythological Loot game?
Loot + Mythology
Of 40 developers who shipped a Mythological Loot game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 73 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×3.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6M, ×4237 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 73 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $50,974) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 73 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Loot; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action RPG, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 25,286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 7 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 73 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Local Co-OpStrong odds
- + SteampunkStrong odds
- + CapitalismFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + JRPGFair
- + EconomyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + CatsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
Titan Quest II 2025 · EA · $18M 
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition 2016 · $16M 
NORSE: Oath of Blood 2026 · $2.7M 
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard 2017 · $2.5M 
Achilles: Legends Untold 2023 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Titan Quest II | · EA | $34.99 | 17,398 81% | 522k | $18M (exactly $18,262,681) | Grimlore Games |
| | Titan Quest Anniversary Edition | older | $19.99 | 25,876 91% | 776k | $16M (exactly $15,517,837) | Iron Lore Entertainment, THQ Nordic |
| | NORSE: Oath of Blood | $34.99 | 2,535 56% | 76k | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) | Arctic Hazard | |
| | Vikings - Wolves of Midgard | older | $29.99 | 2,808 58% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,526,358) | Games Farm |
| | Achilles: Legends Untold | older | $24.99 | 2,149 77% | 64k | $1.6M (exactly $1,611,105) | Dark Point Games |
 | Neon Abyss 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,968 68% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,180,210) | Veewo Games |
 | Spirit Realm | · EA older | $18.18 | 1,379 76% | 41k | $752k (exactly $752,107) | 深圳市灵境互娱科技有限公司 |
 | Svarog's Dream | older | $21.00 | 888 89% | 27k | $559k (exactly $559,440) | VI Game Forge |
 | Ghostlore | older | $19.99 | 703 81% | 21k | $422k (exactly $421,589) | Andrew Teo, Adam Teo |
 | Shadow Dungeon | $9.99 | 1,387 78% | 42k | $416k (exactly $415,684) | OO Cat | |
 | 无休仙途 | $5.99 | 966 72% | 29k | $174k (exactly $173,590) | GOCORE | |
 | Cultivation Magic World | · EA | $12.99 | 276 78% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | DMG Studio |
 | The Girl from Arkanya | $19.99 | 153 92% | 4.6k | $92k (exactly $91,754) | Arkanya Games | |
 | 壶中日月 Timeless Teapot | $4.99 | 384 77% | 12k | $57k (exactly $57,485) | 壶天云镜 | |
 | XiuzhenWorld2 | $12.99 | 134 67% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Noforgetit | |
 | Ash & Rust | $19.99 | 85 63% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | Ash and Rust Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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