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Should I ship a Platformer Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Platformer
Only 15 developers shipped a Platformer 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, Nakara, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $350 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $345 (exactly $345) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $93k (exactly $92,907) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 530% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 366 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different second tag, 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
Crab Champions 2023 · EA · $8.0M 
Bean Stalker 2022 · $114k 
Ants Took My Eyeball 2024 · $97k 
Nakara 2026 · $93k 
Random Heroes: Gold Edition 2020 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crab Champions | · EA older | $9.99 | 26,546 97% | 796k | $8.0M (exactly $7,955,836) | Noisestorm |
| | Bean Stalker | older | $19.99 | 190 86% | 5.7k | $114k (exactly $113,943) | VR Storm Studio |
| | Ants Took My Eyeball | older | $12.99 | 248 93% | 7.4k | $97k (exactly $96,646) | Bosmic Forge |
| | Nakara | $9.99 | 310 91% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $92,907) | R3dspike | |
| | Random Heroes: Gold Edition | older | $4.99 | 86 69% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | Woblyware, Somepx |
 | Bankrupt Heroines | older | $1.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $8.8k (exactly $8,776) | TTeokLeaf |
 | Bail Force: Cyberpunk Bounty Hunters | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | SeblaccSoft | |
 | Smells Like a Mushroom | older | $16.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $3.6k (exactly $3,568) | Red Limb Studio |
 | Limb Hunter | older | $4.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Flying Islands Team |
 | Cyborg: Rise | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | fish world | |
 | SurgePoint | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | The Blue |
 | Super Space Arcade | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Worgames | |
 | Stickman Physics Battle Arena | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Kyle Hawks | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | Hand Meat Walker | $11.50 | 1 100% | 30 | $345 (exactly $345) | Snoz | |
 | Desktop Standing Card Plates | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | laing | |
 | The Cook, The Slasher and the Extractor | $5.84 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | wacho games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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