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Should I ship a Steampunk Loot game?
Loot + Steampunk
Only 7 developers shipped a Steampunk Loot 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, SAND: Raiders of Sophie, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $2.0k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.4 per shipper.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 25% | $166k (exactly $165,568) |
| Top 5% | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 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: too few recent games to read.
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
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 87,008 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Local Co-OpStrong odds
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- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + JRPGFair
- + EconomyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + CatsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + ArcadeFair
Comparable games
Torchlight II 2012 · $20M 
Torchlight III 2020 · $12M 
SAND: Raiders of Sophie 2026 · EA · $9.4M 
Battle Chasers: Nightwar 2017 · $5.0M 
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2013 · $3.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Torchlight II | older | $19.99 | 33,094 92% | 993k | $20M (exactly $19,846,472) | Runic Games |
| | Torchlight III | older | $39.99 | 10,401 47% | 312k | $12M (exactly $12,478,080) | Echtra Inc. |
| | SAND: Raiders of Sophie | · EA | $24.99 | 12,485 49% | 375k | $9.4M (exactly $9,360,004) | Hologryph, TowerHaus |
| | Battle Chasers: Nightwar | older | $29.99 | 5,573 87% | 167k | $5.0M (exactly $5,014,028) | Airship Syndicate |
| | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | older | $14.99 | 7,720 83% | 232k | $3.5M (exactly $3,471,684) | NeocoreGames |
 | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut | older | $44.99 | 1,959 76% | 59k | $2.6M (exactly $2,644,062) | NeocoreGames |
 | Torchlight | older | $14.99 | 5,462 90% | 164k | $2.5M (exactly $2,456,261) | Runic Games |
 | We Need To Go Deeper | older | $15.99 | 4,652 86% | 140k | $2.2M (exactly $2,231,564) | Deli Interactive LLC |
 | Victor Vran ARPG | older | $19.99 | 3,708 84% | 111k | $2.2M (exactly $2,223,688) | Haemimont Games |
 | The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II | older | $14.99 | 1,954 70% | 59k | $879k (exactly $878,714) | NeocoreGames |
 | Thick As Thieves | $4.99 | 1,106 65% | 33k | $166k (exactly $165,568) | OtherSide Entertainment | |
 | The Last Citadel | $14.99 | 70 85% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Honest Demon | |
 | Rogue Runner | $5.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | 42nd Machine | |
 | Tinker-World: Arrival at Kedhreon | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | From The Cave, TibiSoft | |
 | Cogfall | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Nodding Panda Studios | |
 | Cloudsea | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Yeti Ate My Breakfast |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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