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Should I ship a Medieval Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Medieval
Only 12 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Pass the Fear, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,074) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,700,554) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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: revenue flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 3,158 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + 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
Comparable games
Pass the Fear 2026 · $1.7M 
Wandness: WandCraft Survivor 2025 · $22k 
Witch The Bloodlines 2018 · $12k 
Tale of the Bullet Knight 2026 · EA · $10k 
Hyforge 2021 · EA · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pass the Fear | $18.99 | 2,985 79% | 90k | $1.7M (exactly $1,700,554) | PlayMud Studio | |
| | Wandness: WandCraft Survivor | $6.99 | 107 74% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Knight Owl Games, Binary Lunar | |
| | Witch The Bloodlines | older | $14.99 | 27 40% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | Kerim Kumbasar |
| | Tale of the Bullet Knight | · EA | $15.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | JAKALWIZARDSTUDIO |
| | Hyforge | · EA older | $14.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Piko Island Studios |
 | Abyss Eschaton Survivors | $3.99 | 30 80% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | ArrhythmiaZack | |
 | 冬眠（hibernation） | older | $6.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | 玄机子 |
 | Valkyrie Champions | older | $3.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Valorware |
 | Fakeway | · EA older | $5.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | 雍乐蜜獾, Happy Honey Badger |
 | Kingdom Gun | older | $0.99 | 51 52% | 1.5k | $1.5k (exactly $1,515) | Incredible Two Studios, LLC |
 | Shattered Lands (破碎之地) | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | VoidStudio | |
 | Exiles of the Dark Dungeon | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | 布莱恩和鱼缸工作室 | |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | Guards vs Goats | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Amado | |
 | Castle of Mist | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | HU ZENAN | |
 | Flooded Lands | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OpxGaming |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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