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Should I ship a Loot Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Loot
Only 9 developers shipped a Loot Spectacle fighter 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, Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $65k, ×44 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $540k, ×361 the market median. Revenue is up 190% on the market; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $65k (exactly $65,304) |
| Top 25% | $232k (exactly $231,672) |
| Top 5% | $541k (exactly $541,215) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.00 |
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 190% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Loot
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Loot
- Price point
- $12.00 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 19,876 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + NinjaPoor odds
Comparable games
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition 2015 · $15M 
Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle 2026 · $541k 
GODBREAKERS 2025 · $488k 
Flash Doll 2025 · $232k 
Goonya Monster 2022 · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition | older | $29.99 | 16,313 78% | 489k | $15M (exactly $14,676,806) | Gunfire Games, Vigil Games, THQ Nordic |
| | Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle | $18.99 | 950 71% | 29k | $541k (exactly $541,215) | KTMG LLC. | |
| | GODBREAKERS | $19.99 | 813 70% | 24k | $488k (exactly $487,556) | To The Sky | |
| | Flash Doll | $8.99 | 859 80% | 26k | $232k (exactly $231,672) | Game Star | |
| | Goonya Monster | older | $19.99 | 185 76% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | MUTAN |
 | The Awakener: Battle Tendency | $14.98 | 233 74% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $104,710) | TANER GAMES | |
 | Outrider Mako | $17.99 | 121 65% | 3.6k | $65k (exactly $65,304) | Asamado Games | |
 | Rescue Operation | older | $3.99 | 253 87% | 7.6k | $30k (exactly $30,284) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Reptiles: In Hunt | older | $9.99 | 97 57% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,071) | Corpix Games |
 | История бомжа | older | $4.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Quarlellle |
 | WEAPON MASTER | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | SamAFEI, ONE SHOT STUDIO | |
 | Lazarus -Side Story of COMRADE FORCE- | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | SHINKURO VALLEY | |
 | 执念Obsession | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | __落熊__ | |
 | BOXPAST LOV3YOU | $12.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LTN STUDIO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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