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Should I ship a War Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + War
Only 14 developers shipped a War 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, Escape from Tarkov, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper, while revenue is up 30050% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Top 5% | $84M (exactly $83,719,253) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 30050% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 50% positive over 56,877 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
Escape from Tarkov 2025 · $84M 
Marauders 2022 · EA · $12M 
Granvir 2025 · $379k 
SEX with HITLER 2 2022 · $120k 
Fracture Point 2026 · $95k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Escape from Tarkov | $49.99 | 55,824 49% | 1.7M | $84M (exactly $83,719,253) | Battlestate Games | |
| | Marauders | · EA older | $29.99 | 13,505 68% | 405k | $12M (exactly $12,150,448) | Small Impact Games |
| | Granvir | $14.99 | 842 90% | 25k | $379k (exactly $378,647) | Airborne Games | |
| | SEX with HITLER 2 | older | $9.99 | 402 86% | 12k | $120k (exactly $120,479) | Adolf Games |
| | Fracture Point | $19.99 | 158 81% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Kyrylo Burlaka | |
 | Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS | older | $14.99 | 192 71% | 5.8k | $86k (exactly $86,342) | Rocket Boy Games |
 | Sector Six | older | $8.00 | 223 93% | 6.7k | $54k (exactly $53,520) | V3663L |
 | CHEMISTS: Area of infection | · EA older | $14.99 | 60 63% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | RPAX, GPC |
 | 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 |
 | Just Skill Shooter: Catacombs | $9.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Iron Trails: Outlaw Pursuit | · EA | $17.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Gloac Games, Gloac |
 | MiniWarfare | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | BajaStorm |
 | Red Siren: Space Defense | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | ISTOM Games | |
 | The Island of Thugs | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Big Green Platypus | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | Outlanders: Hunt and Survive | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | DIG Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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