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Should I ship a Stealth Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Stealth
Only 11 developers shipped a Stealth 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, BULT: Hunting simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×174 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 39 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,468) |
| Top 5% | $260k (exactly $260,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, Stealth
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,190 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 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
PAYDAY 2 2013 · $134M 
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint 2023 · $80M 
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ 2016 · $69M 
Crime Boss: Rockay City 2024 · $5.1M 
VLADiK BRUTAL 2024 · $3.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PAYDAY 2 | older | $9.99 | 445,531 89% | 13M | $134M (exactly $133,525,641) | OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio., Sidetr… (OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio., Sidetrack Games) |
| | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint | older | $59.99 | 44,635 72% | 1.3M | $80M (exactly $80,329,610) | Ubisoft Paris |
| | Tom Clancy’s The Division™ | older | $29.99 | 76,985 72% | 2.3M | $69M (exactly $69,263,404) | Massive Entertainment |
| | Crime Boss: Rockay City | older | $19.99 | 8,553 68% | 257k | $5.1M (exactly $5,129,234) | INGAME STUDIOS |
| | VLADiK BRUTAL | older | $11.99 | 9,551 89% | 287k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) | BRUTAL SOFTWARE |
 | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
 | Dustland | · EA | $22.99 | 100 69% | 3.0k | $69k (exactly $68,970) | RedPad Games |
 | Dreadweave | · EA | $9.99 | 105 72% | 3.2k | $31k (exactly $31,468) | DeadGrass Games |
 | Containment Corp, Inc. | · EA | $6.99 | 89 89% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $18,663) | Lich & Lily |
 | Psycho on the loose | older | $5.99 | 66 60% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | WhackAKey Games |
 | Iron Trails: Outlaw Pursuit | · EA | $17.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Gloac Games, Gloac |
 | Fraud Camp: Survival Escape | $4.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | BlackVault Studio | |
 | Guards vs Goats | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Amado | |
 | Defest | · EA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Fleshbite Studios LLC |
 | Necro Negate | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Uni Games | |
 | Kill the horde | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | XF Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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