Tag pairdata 30 Sep 2026
Niches / Loot / Looter Shooter
Loot + Looter Shooter: 10 releases in the last 12 months
There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 3 of 19 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases fell 29% on the year before: 10 against 14.
- Small sample
- Big publishers: over 85% from majors or $40+ games
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 10 14 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 47 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 106 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this pair stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
| Board | Value | Interval | Sample | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Most anticipatedShare of all upcoming wishlist heat on Steam, with the number of upcoming games beside it.
| 0.14%share of upcoming wishlist heat | 0.06% to 0.24% | 8 ranked of 47 upcoming gameswishlist rank 30 Sep 2026 | #5,369 of 7,193pairs on this board |
| Launch successLaunches earning $100k or more, against the number expected for their price tier and launch quarter. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 30 or more matured launches. | |||
| Fewer new releasesFewer launches relative to players. Historically this did not predict better launches. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 20 or more releases in each 12-month period. | |||
| Rising demandGaining players faster than same-age games. Descriptive, not a launch signal. | Below this board's minimum sample, so not ranked. Needs 15 or more tracked games and 1,000 reviews in each window. | |||
Pairs are noisier than genres: the demand boards at pair level are indicative only.
Launch success
Matured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 19
- Hit rate
- 15.8%6.6% to 30.3%
- Expected rate
- 10.5%
Under 30 matured launches, so this pair is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
19 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $32
- Median
- $991
- Top tenth
- $232,208
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with both tags, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- −29%
Parent tags
- LootNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
- Looter ShooterGenre pageRanked on every board, with its best pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this pair by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.
- CONVRGENCE (opens the Steam store)2024 · 1,668 reviews, 88% positiveest. $844k
- Reality Break (opens the Steam store)2025 · 685 reviews, 80% positiveest. $347k
- Dark Hunting Ground (opens the Steam store)2024 · 774 reviews, 92% positiveest. $204k
- Star Vortex (opens the Steam store)2025 · 155 reviews, 84% positiveest. $78k
- Vortica (opens the Steam store)2026 · 93 reviews, 83% positiveest. $28k
- Omen (opens the Steam store)2026 · 43 reviews, 83% positiveest. $10k to $100k
- Bomb Vehicle Idle Clicker (opens the Steam store)2025 · 102 reviews, 75% positiveest. $10k
- Space Killer (opens the Steam store)2023 · 46 reviews, 73% positiveest. $1k to $10k
More with Loot
pairs with Loot- Action RPG + Loot$5,00732 launches priced, 55 releases in 12 months
- RPG + Loot$1,21355 launches priced, 135 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Loot$1,21339 launches priced, 115 releases in 12 months
- 2D + Loot$1,00233 launches priced, 72 releases in 12 months
- Action + Loot$98134 launches priced, 92 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Loot$76336 launches priced, 78 releases in 12 months
More with Looter Shooter
pairs with Looter Shooter- Action + Looter Shooter$17454 launches priced, 104 releases in 12 months
- Shooter + Looter Shooter$16765 launches priced, 100 releases in 12 months
- Action Roguelike + Looter Shooterno price59 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Looter Shooterno price50 releases in 12 months
- FPS + Looter Shooterno price45 releases in 12 months
- Roguelite + Looter Shooterno price41 releases in 12 months
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