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Should I ship a Loot Walking Simulator?
Loot + Walking Simulator
Only 17 developers shipped a Loot Walking Simulator 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, BULT: Hunting simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 24 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) |
| Top 5% | $260k (exactly $260,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 225% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Loot, Walking Simulator; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Exploration, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoony, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,521 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 24 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Loot with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SteampunkStrong odds
- + CapitalismFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + JRPGFair
- + EconomyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + CatsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
BULT: Hunting simulator 2026 · EA · $260k 
Forest Hustle 2026 · $85k 
Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms 2022 · EA · $57k 
run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!? 2026 · $4.5k 
Treasure Hunter: History of Monastery Gold 2023 · $3.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
| | Forest Hustle | $4.99 | 570 90% | 17k | $85k (exactly $85,329) | Mike Forest | |
| | Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms | · EA older | $12.49 | 153 90% | 4.6k | $57k (exactly $57,329) | Corey Jeffries |
| | run for money Hunter vs. Runner! Which side will you win!? | $29.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | INFINITY Co., Ltd. | |
| | Treasure Hunter: History of Monastery Gold | older | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Ulab Games |
 | Treasure Drifter: Nian | older | $3.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Liujiajun |
 | Noclipped | older | $1.99 | 56 78% | 1.7k | $3.3k (exactly $3,343) | MateussDev |
 | Delivery Boy | older | $9.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Poroshin Develop |
 | Mister 9 | older | $3.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | riinwin |
 | Chopping Together🌲 | $6.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Limey Studio | |
 | Island For Sale | $5.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Tyranno Rocket | |
 | Condemned to Clean | $5.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | KOMA | |
 | Buscabit: A treasure hunter adventure | $5.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Vaquita Games | |
 | Way To Hell | $3.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Valkeala Software, Tero Lunkka | |
 | Side Hustle | $3.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | theJameskrik | |
 | Vivisection | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | LampDog Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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