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Should I ship a Wargame Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Wargame
Only 10 developers shipped a Wargame 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, Future Breach 64, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $267 (exactly $267) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $9.4k (exactly $9,418) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 down 40% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Wargame
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter, Wargame
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 87% positive over 150 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 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
VLADiK BRUTAL 2024 · $3.4M 
Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS 2022 · $86k 
Rabat Protocol:Metal Rhapsody 2023 · $18k 
Just Skill Shooter 2023 · $11k 
Just skill shooter 2 2024 · $9.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | VLADiK BRUTAL | older | $11.99 | 9,551 89% | 287k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) | BRUTAL SOFTWARE |
| | Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS | older | $14.99 | 192 71% | 5.8k | $86k (exactly $86,342) | Rocket Boy Games |
| | Rabat Protocol:Metal Rhapsody | older | $6.99 | 85 83% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $17,824) | What‘s Up Labs |
| | 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 | |
 | EagleRoad:WorldRise | $9.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | XuJie | |
 | MiniWarfare | · EA | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | BajaStorm |
 | Trap Arena | older | $1.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $1.6k (exactly $1,612) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Maniac Path | older | $2.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Falco Software, Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Forbidden zone | $4.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Karuna | |
 | Deadcave | $0.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $267 (exactly $267) | cnsmini | |
 | Holomancer | · EA | $0.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Darkware |
 | EarthDaddy | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 星际电竞大学野校长 | |
 | Exodus Frontier: The Last Stand | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shupernom LTD | |
 | The Last Bet | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bavita Studios | |
 | Heroes of Retribution | $16.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sortech Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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