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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Real Time Tactics
Only 10 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics 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, Catharage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $980 against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $980 (exactly $980) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,317) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,581) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 325% on the market, supply 35% fewer 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
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 85% positive over 290 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Catharage 2025 · $19k 
Psycho on the loose 2016 · $12k 
Just Skill Shooter 2023 · $11k 
Just skill shooter 2 2024 · $9.6k 
Future Breach 64 2025 · $9.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Catharage | $9.99 | 62 82% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Björn Michalski | |
| | Psycho on the loose | older | $5.99 | 66 60% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | WhackAKey Games |
| | Just Skill Shooter | older | $9.99 | 36 47% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Gamesforgames |
| | Just skill shooter 2 | older | $9.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Gamesforgames |
| | Future Breach 64 | $2.99 | 105 86% | 3.2k | $9.4k (exactly $9,418) | Yurii Nikshych | |
 | Small Hero | $0.99 | 78 85% | 2.3k | $2.3k (exactly $2,317) | Small Hero | |
 | MiniWarfare | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | BajaStorm |
 | Last Gang Standing | · EA older | $10.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Tailfin Games |
 | BEETLES | · EA older | $2.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | SEKTOR GAMES |
 | Combatant | older | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | GamesBraz |
 | The Memological Dungeon | $0.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm | |
 | Remnants Of Eden | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Red Sunset Productions | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | RFA Station | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | AK Studio | |
 | Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wil… (Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wilson, Julie A Wilson, Baylee Wilson, Jolie Wilson, Julie Wilson) | |
 | Exodus Frontier: The Last Stand | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shupernom LTD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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