The niche at a glance

Looter Shooter on Steam: 1,150 released games, 411 in the last 12 months, 695 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 9. 52% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 12%. Looter Shooter is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included557 releases
p100
p251
median9
p7568
p90701
52% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.99 · 12% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
5med 15 · 40% unseen
2020
45med 17 · 38% unseen
2021
86med 15 · 44% unseen
2022
103med 15 · 43% unseen
2023
160med 15 · 37% unseen
2024
157med 10 · 50% unseen
2025
209med 11 · 48% unseen
2026
257med 2 · 63% unseen · 105 too fresh

Looter Shooter × setting: what the pairings end up with

every setting tag shipped with Looter Shooter at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Looter Shooter ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Mechs164185under 2020.4%
cliché ×4.03166 d
The Forever Winter
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada
TerraTech Legion
The Forever Winter · SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada · TerraTech Legion
Sci-fi120362421.7% 15%–30%19.5%
cliché ×2.40112 d
The First Descendant
Borderlands 4
Risk of Rain Returns
The First Descendant · Borderlands 4 · Risk of Rain Returns
Military43112123.3% 13%–38%18.0%
cliché ×3.81112 d
Delta Force
Escape from Tarkov
Outpost: Infinity Siege
Delta Force · Escape from Tarkov · Outpost: Infinity Siege
LGBTQ+62336under 2016.7%
avoided ×0.29397 d
Borderlands 4
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Battle Shapers
Borderlands 4 · Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League · Battle Shapers
Robots3092923.3% 12%–41%16.7%
cliché ×2.38201 d
Outpost: Infinity Siege
ROBOBEAT
Battle Shapers
Outpost: Infinity Siege · ROBOBEAT · Battle Shapers
Spaceships71160under 2016.0%
cliché ×4.32389 d
Jump Space
Wildgate
Reality Break
Jump Space · Wildgate · Reality Break
Female Protagonist15321under 2015.2%
ordinary ×0.60559 d
League of Maidens®
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada
Battle Shapers
League of Maidens® · SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada · Battle Shapers
Post-apocalyptic96313015.6% 10%–24%14.1%
cliché ×6.55110 d
Deadside
The Forever Winter
Roboquest
Deadside · The Forever Winter · Roboquest
Space63211214.3% 8%–25%12.4%
cliché ×2.20314 d
Borderlands 4
Risk of Rain Returns
Jump Space
Borderlands 4 · Risk of Rain Returns · Jump Space
Futuristic55151014.5% 8%–26%12.4%
cliché ×2.40201 d
Borderlands 4
VAIL
Off The Grid
Borderlands 4 · VAIL · Off The Grid
Horror3918615.4% 7%–30%12.4%
ordinary ×1.02201 d
The Forever Winter
Deadzone: Rogue
VLADiK BRUTAL
The Forever Winter · Deadzone: Rogue · VLADiK BRUTAL
Dystopian82199under 2011.9%
cliché ×2.06749 d
The Forever Winter
VLADiK BRUTAL
The Forever Winter · VLADiK BRUTAL
1980s1223under 2010.4%
ordinary ×0.82215 d
Vigor
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Vigor · John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Cyberpunk34102811.8% 5%–27%9.9%
cliché ×2.84166 d
Terminull Brigade™
Off The Grid
TerraTech Legion
Terminull Brigade™ · Off The Grid · TerraTech Legion
Psychological Horror1462under 209.8%
ordinary ×0.41332 d
Escape from Tarkov
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Escape from Tarkov · Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
18 pairings cleared 20 releases; 86 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.