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Should I ship a Supernatural Loot game?
Loot + Supernatural
Of 21 developers who shipped a Supernatural 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.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $60. Revenue is up 3005% on the market; 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $537 (exactly $537) |
| Top 25% | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 5% | $470k (exactly $469,643) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.66 |
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 3005% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Loot
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Loot; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $6.66 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Realistic, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.66.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,698 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand 2023 · $3.3M 
Total Chaos 2025 · $1.2M 
Witch Hunt 2018 · $687k 
Active Matter 2026 · $470k 
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2013 · $339k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand | older | $39.99 | 2,773 74% | 83k | $3.3M (exactly $3,326,768) | Deck13 |
| | Total Chaos | $24.99 | 1,561 86% | 47k | $1.2M (exactly $1,170,282) | Trigger Happy Interactive | |
| | Witch Hunt | older | $9.99 | 2,291 88% | 69k | $687k (exactly $686,613) | Gua |
| | Active Matter | $29.99 | 522 75% | 16k | $470k (exactly $469,643) | Matter Team | |
| | Sword of the Stars: The Pit | older | $9.99 | 1,132 83% | 34k | $339k (exactly $339,260) | Kerberos Productions |
 | Skinwalker Hunt | older | $12.99 | 790 91% | 24k | $308k (exactly $307,863) | Gua |
 | Midnight Heist | $9.99 | 389 92% | 12k | $117k (exactly $116,583) | MediaTale | |
 | Second Sun | $19.99 | 115 69% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Grey Wolf Entertainment | |
 | Forsake: Urban horror | older | $9.99 | 157 80% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,053) | Unseen Interactive |
 | Nullpoint Protocol | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Everbloom Games | |
 | Vesperia Bononia | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Power Up Team | |
 | Scorching Desert | $19.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Desert Runner Studio | |
 | Abyss Chaser | $6.66 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.6k (exactly $2,597) | Bitrunner | |
 | King Quest | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | slc studios | |
 | The Palaces of The Mind: Chapter One | $1.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Logerofman Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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