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Should I ship a Dog Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Dogs
Only 19 developers shipped a Dog 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, Pratfall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 310% on the market; 18 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $670k (exactly $670,441) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 310% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Action Roguelike; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Roguelike, Physics
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Cute, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 3,084 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + SportsFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + VampiresFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + FaithFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
The Flame in the Flood 2016 · $1.2M 
Pratfall 2026 · $670k 
METAL DOGS 2023 · $459k 
スペルトナエル 2024 · $93k 
Anglerfish 2022 · $81k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Flame in the Flood | older | $14.99 | 2,709 76% | 81k | $1.2M (exactly $1,218,237) | The Molasses Flood |
| | Pratfall | $7.99 | 2,797 90% | 84k | $670k (exactly $670,441) | Quad Head | |
| | METAL DOGS | older | $19.99 | 766 81% | 23k | $459k (exactly $459,370) | 24Frame,inc. |
| | スペルトナエル | older | $8.99 | 344 97% | 10k | $93k (exactly $92,777) | おまど |
| | Anglerfish | older | $9.99 | 271 82% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $81,219) | Professional Villains |
 | HITLER: BDSM BUNKER | older | $9.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Adolf Games |
 | Space Hack | older | $4.99 | 241 58% | 7.2k | $36k (exactly $36,078) | · |
 | Burgle Supply Company | $7.99 | 85 88% | 2.6k | $20k (exactly $20,374) | Terrible Posture Games | |
 | Dawg Game | $3.99 | 104 98% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,449) | Big Noses Entertainment | |
 | Dig Dog | older | $3.99 | 72 76% | 2.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,618) | Rusty Moyher, Matt Grimm |
 | Never Ending Beyond | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | One More Dream Studios | |
 | Pancake Patrol | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Power Plins Games | |
 | King Charles: Rise of the Alpha | · EA | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | DodoModo, BoppoLoppo |
 | Donna Survivors | $2.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | RAZE GAMES | |
 | Kinap | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Golden Adam Games | |
 | Fully Dogomatic | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Tommy Keys | |
 | Flock of Dogs | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Max Clark |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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