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Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Dungeon Crawler
Only 17 developers shipped a Dungeon Crawler 3D Fighter 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, Bloodthief, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is up 125% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $610k (exactly $609,895) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 125% on the market, supply 45% fewer 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.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Dungeon Crawler; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,469 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ManagementFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureLong shot
- + RhythmLong shot
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
ELDERBORN 2020 · $1.0M 
Bloodthief 2025 · $610k 
The Knight Girl And Dungeons 2024 · $143k 
Gladius | Gladiator VR Sword fighting 2022 · $129k 
Spider Queen cave 2023 · $91k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ELDERBORN | older | $14.99 | 2,229 87% | 67k | $1.0M (exactly $1,002,381) | Hyperstrange |
| | Bloodthief | $19.99 | 1,017 95% | 31k | $610k (exactly $609,895) | Blargis | |
| | The Knight Girl And Dungeons | $11.99 | 397 67% | 12k | $143k (exactly $142,801) | こねこぼくし | |
| | Gladius | Gladiator VR Sword fighting | older | $14.99 | 286 74% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $128,614) | VirtualAge |
| | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
 | Skeletal Avenger | older | $16.99 | 158 82% | 4.7k | $81k (exactly $80,533) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Ruzar - The Dark Stones | older | $17.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $11k (exactly $11,334) | Hammer Glass Studio Inc. |
 | Jacob The Farmer | older | $4.99 | 50 74% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | Quarlellle |
 | Dark Days : Devil Hunt | older | $12.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $3.1k (exactly $3,118) | Mavi Game Studios |
 | Elf Adventure: The Lost Castle | $6.99 | 14 28% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | 430Games | |
 | Conviction | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | J-Bradford | |
 | RAGDOLL UNIVERSE | · EA | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | MageC |
 | Arrow Dungeon | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | ParkDol | |
 | Brawlers of Duality | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Polar Dewality Games | |
 | Golden Escape | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | GaniTani | |
 | Parasited Will | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Underground Interactive |
 | Bones&Darks | $1.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Ahnes Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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