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Should I ship an Assassin Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Assassins
Only 12 developers shipped an Assassin Action Roguelike 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, DISORDER, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) |
| Top 5% | $111k (exactly $110,663) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 57% positive over 197 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. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + SportsFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + VampiresFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DogsFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + FaithFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
DISORDER 2025 · $111k 
Oxide Room 208 2025 · $20k 
Kate: Collateral Damage 2021 · $20k 
Dice Assassin 2024 · $6.8k 
ZOMBIE NTR APOCALYPSE 2025 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DISORDER | $29.99 | 123 50% | 3.7k | $111k (exactly $110,663) | GRUMPY | |
| | Oxide Room 208 | $29.99 | 22 31% | 660 | $20k (exactly $19,793) | WildSphere | |
| | Kate: Collateral Damage | older | $7.99 | 82 92% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,655) | Ludic Studios |
| | Dice Assassin | older | $2.99 | 76 69% | 2.3k | $6.8k (exactly $6,817) | Afil Games |
| | ZOMBIE NTR APOCALYPSE | $10.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | RaigenGames | |
 | Eruption 爆发 | · EA older | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | DBH |
 | Santa's Hitlist CEO Edition | $3.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) | Unlucky Studios, UnluckySaurus (Erick R… (Unlucky Studios, UnluckySaurus (Erick Ramirez)) | |
 | Band of Brigands | older | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | ProtoGames |
 | Samurai's Odyssey | · EA | $7.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | CODEUM GAMES, 11Gen |
 | Panda legend | older | $1.00 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,050) | 淤馨致志科技有限公司 |
 | Shadowlight | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Unangwata | |
 | DeadEye: A Roguelike Shooter | · EA | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AliceCatto |
 | Cat Packs - Bushido Blade | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Flood City Games | |
 | Stealth Maker | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | VirtualGameStudio | |
 | Speed Tactic Ninja | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Helmi Blub |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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