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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Auto Battler Action-Adventure?

Action-Adventure + Auto Battler

Of 22 developers who shipped an Auto Battler Action-Adventure in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $990, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $12k, ×20 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 30 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.6 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 30 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Action-Adventure + Auto Battler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 22
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $599 → $1.6k → $1.2k → $5.1k → $1.1k (still earning) → $628 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action-Adventure + Auto Battler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 22
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $987 (exactly $987)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,593)
Top 5% $13k (exactly $12,587)
Developers, 2 yr 22
Released games 68
Announced 30
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 20% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Action-Adventure
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Auto Battler
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Action-Adventure, Auto Battler; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Combat, PvP, Turn-Based Tactics
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 68% positive over 296 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $990, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $12k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

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All 242 pairs on the Action-Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Claws & Chaos 2024 · $17k Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG 2026 · $13k Centipede Gun 2023 · $10k Cheese Moon 2025 · $8.9k Paws and Whiskers 2025 · $7.0k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Claws & Chaos $5.99 95 60% 2.9k $17k (exactly $17,072) Parhelion Studio
Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG $9.99 42 76% 1.3k $13k (exactly $12,587) GameDevJoey
Centipede Gun older $2.99 115 91% 3.5k $10k (exactly $10,316) Mateusk2m
Cheese Moon $7.99 37 94% 1.1k $8.9k (exactly $8,869) Studio SOTT
Paws and Whiskers $8.99 26 76% 780 $7.0k (exactly $7,012) JohnHang
Dice Assassin older $2.99 76 69% 2.3k $6.8k (exactly $6,817) Afil Games
Soul of Giga older $5.99 34 70% 1.0k $6.1k (exactly $6,110) Goody Pundit
Dungeon and Craft older $6.99 25 92% 750 $5.2k (exactly $5,242) Musa GUNGOR
Bastionforge $9.99 17 76% 510 $5.1k (exactly $5,095) Gamesforgames
Everfall: Idle Dungeon RPG $4.99 30 33% 900 $4.5k (exactly $4,491) GameDevJoey
GRING×GRIND $4.99 24 66% 720 $3.6k (exactly $3,593) Lola Fisher
Scrap Age: Survivors $4.99 11 90% 330 $1.6k (exactly $1,647) Fractal Blue Entertainment
Cat Survivors $4.99 8 87% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Ibon Studios
Anarchy Road $5.99 6 50% 180 $1.1k (exactly $1,078) Bunker Brothers LLC

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.