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Should I ship a Mech Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Mechs
Only 13 developers shipped a Mech Looter Shooter 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, The Forever Winter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $220k, ×146 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $49k. Revenue is up 1290% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $49k (exactly $48,816) |
|---|---|
| Median | $219k (exactly $219,454) |
| Top 25% | $1.2M (exactly $1,226,332) |
| Top 5% | $19M (exactly $19,231,987) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 1290% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Looter Shooter
- effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
- Mechs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 34,540 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $49k. 3 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
Comparable games
The Forever Winter 2024 · EA · $19M 
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada 2025 · $4.0M 
Pax Autocratica 2026 · EA · $2.9M 
R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program 2026 · $1.2M 
TerraTech Legion 2026 · $632k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Forever Winter | · EA | $29.99 | 21,376 68% | 641k | $19M (exactly $19,231,987) | Fun Dog Studios |
| | SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada | $39.99 | 3,303 40% | 99k | $4.0M (exactly $3,962,609) | Game Studio Inc. | |
| | Pax Autocratica | · EA | $29.99 | 3,202 91% | 96k | $2.9M (exactly $2,880,839) | Multiverse |
| | R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program | $14.99 | 2,727 76% | 82k | $1.2M (exactly $1,226,332) | WarmCore Studio | |
| | TerraTech Legion | $9.99 | 2,109 81% | 63k | $632k (exactly $632,067) | Payload Studios | |
 | Granvir | $14.99 | 842 90% | 25k | $379k (exactly $378,647) | Airborne Games | |
 | LIFE EFFECT Survival | · EA | $14.99 | 488 85% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,454) | LIFE EFFECT |
 | Mind | older | $17.99 | 372 69% | 11k | $201k (exactly $200,768) | WHIRLLAXY LIMITED |
 | RIG Riot | $19.99 | 195 94% | 5.9k | $117k (exactly $116,941) | Sage Boatman | |
 | Dreadhunter | · EA older | $24.99 | 141 77% | 4.2k | $106k (exactly $105,708) | Trickster Arts |
 | UNYIELDER | $24.99 | 117 62% | 3.5k | $88k (exactly $87,715) | TrueWorld Studios | |
 | HSS:Reload | $8.99 | 181 71% | 5.4k | $49k (exactly $48,816) | SmokingBear Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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