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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Resource Management Looter Shooter?

Looter Shooter + Resource Management

Only 11 developers shipped a Resource Management 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, Keep Her Safe, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.5k, ×2.3 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×76 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 33 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.3 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 33 announced, ×3.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Looter Shooter + Resource Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.3k → $2.4k → $5.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Looter Shooter + Resource Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $3.5k (exactly $3,498)
Top 25% $15k (exactly $14,521)
Top 5% $114k (exactly $114,485)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 26
Announced 33
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Looter Shooter, Resource Management
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 90% positive over 809 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $3.5k, 1 in 4 over $14k, 1 in 20 over $110k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 33 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Looter Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair13 devs · median $219k · 14 announced
  2. + Vehicular CombatFair11 devs · median $15k · 14 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  4. + 3D PlatformerLong shot23 devs · median $449 · 16 announced
  5. + Extraction ShooterPoor odds31 devs · median $71k · 73 announced
  6. + Online Co-OpPoor odds54 devs · median $25k · 136 announced
  7. + Co-opPoor odds56 devs · median $25k · 124 announced
  8. + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds18 devs · median $16k · 44 announced
  9. + DystopianPoor odds14 devs · median $10k · 45 announced
  10. + Base BuildingPoor odds36 devs · median $9.1k · 74 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds50 devs · median $9.0k · 151 announced
  12. + Inventory ManagementPoor odds27 devs · median $6.9k · 61 announced

All 90 pairs on the Looter Shooter page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Outpost: Infinity Siege 2024 · $8.7M Keep Her Safe 2026 · EA · $114k One More Dungeon 2 2022 · $65k Deep Space Exploitation 2025 · $35k Bomb Vehicle Idle Clicker 2025 · EA · $15k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Outpost: Infinity Siege older $24.99 11,636 65% 349k $8.7M (exactly $8,723,509) Team Ranger
Keep Her Safe · EA $9.99 382 97% 11k $114k (exactly $114,485) Gugu Studio
One More Dungeon 2 older $14.99 144 81% 4.3k $65k (exactly $64,757) Stately Snail
Deep Space Exploitation $8.99 131 96% 3.9k $35k (exactly $35,331) JuhrJuhr
Bomb Vehicle Idle Clicker · EA $4.99 97 73% 2.9k $15k (exactly $14,521) RimmindGame
Farming Incremental But With Guns $3.99 113 88% 3.4k $14k (exactly $13,526) Clementine Wolf Games
Terafall: Survival older $10.99 33 42% 990 $11k (exactly $10,880) Terafall: Survival
Death Harvest · EA older $12.99 26 69% 780 $10k (exactly $10,132) LaserOnion
OM6N older $14.99 18 66% 540 $8.1k (exactly $8,095) CJWorks
Neophyte Protocol · EA $7.99 24 66% 720 $5.8k (exactly $5,753) Ironwerks Studios
Dune Rancher $2.99 39 76% 1.2k $3.5k (exactly $3,498) Jestercraft
Fraud Camp: Survival Escape $4.99 16 81% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) BlackVault Studio
DAMex : DArk Matter Exodus $4.99 4 75% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Benoit Locu
迫降Landing $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) SOT烈
Sword of Shadow: Revolution $12.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Phantom Studio, Not The Moon Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.