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Should I ship a Score Attack Looter Shooter?

Looter Shooter + Score Attack

Only 16 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, Vampire Hunters, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 115% on the market, 11 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Looter Shooter + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $299 → $2.8k → $0 → $178
Outcomes for Looter Shooter + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $150 (exactly $150)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,485)
Top 5% $873k (exactly $872,868)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 35
Announced 11
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $4.90

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 115% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, 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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
Looter Shooter, Score Attack; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell
Price point
$4.90 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.90.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,285 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $150, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $870k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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

Revita 2022 · $884k Vampire Hunters 2024 · $873k UNYIELDER 2025 · $88k Pet the Cat 2026 · $23k SPL: Skilled Pilots Live 2020 · EA · $4.9k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Revita older $16.99 1,734 83% 52k $884k (exactly $883,820) BenStar
Vampire Hunters $14.99 1,941 89% 58k $873k (exactly $872,868) Gamecraft Studios
UNYIELDER $24.99 117 62% 3.5k $88k (exactly $87,715) TrueWorld Studios
Pet the Cat $4.99 155 83% 4.7k $23k (exactly $23,204) MEWSTURBO
SPL: Skilled Pilots Live · EA older $14.99 11 90% 330 $4.9k (exactly $4,947) Me Vs Game
Critical Fishing $2.99 50 96% 1.5k $4.5k (exactly $4,485) lazygun
Gatherings older $4.99 19 100% 570 $2.8k (exactly $2,844) Lobster Games
// OVERDRIVE older $2.99 21 85% 630 $1.9k (exactly $1,884) Bastienre4
Rip & Tear $4.90 10 70% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,470) CJ
Killon older $10.99 3 66% 90 $989 (exactly $989) Luois Games
Ancient Archer $3.99 3 100% 90 $359 (exactly $359) Primitive Realms
AI UPRISING · EA $0.99 6 83% 180 $178 (exactly $178) DMG Studios
Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆 $4.99 1 0% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Queen Vampire
Day of the Undead $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) CatAttack Games
Abrez $0.99 1 100% 30 $30 (exactly $30) Haruka Nitaka, S.Daas, Tony Tutty, Suss… (Haruka Nitaka, S.Daas, Tony Tutty, Sussanne Beaujeu, T.Beaujeu)

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