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Should I ship a Nature Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Nature
Only 15 developers shipped a Nature 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, Project L33T: Founders Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 5% | $315k (exactly $314,842) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Character Customization
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 1,444 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Project L33T: Founders Edition 2026 · $315k 
BULT: Hunting simulator 2026 · EA · $260k 
Territory 2022 · EA · $26k 
Tale of the Bullet Knight 2026 · EA · $10k 
The President 2022 · $6.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project L33T: Founders Edition | $19.99 | 525 47% | 16k | $315k (exactly $314,842) | Targetpoint Interactive, Holmgard Games | |
| | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
| | Territory | · EA older | $14.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Threat Vector |
| | Tale of the Bullet Knight | · EA | $15.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $10k (exactly $10,074) | JAKALWIZARDSTUDIO |
| | The President | older | $19.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $6.0k (exactly $5,997) | GamesBraz |
 | Life After Death | older | $9.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Mostudios |
 | Theory of Poltaran | older | $9.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Stylua Games |
 | DEADPOINT | · EA older | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | REGION Interactive |
 | Dragons Reef | $19.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Radoslaw Kutowinski | |
 | Obsessive Revenge | older | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | GamesBraz |
 | Zombie Defense:Breach of The Undead | · EA | $2.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | kairainteractive |
 | SOVA NA SKAKALKE | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Quiet River | |
 | Cold Warms Us. | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | temmkainc | |
 | Blank Canvas | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Blank Canvas Games |
 | Dude The Dark Agent | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ismail ozel games | |
 | Cascadence | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | proxaCor |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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