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Should I ship a Life Sim Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Life Sim
Only 13 developers shipped a Life Sim 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, Zombie Graveyard Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.6k against a market of $480. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 25% | $97k (exactly $96,803) |
| Top 5% | $362k (exactly $362,008) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 1480% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Life Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Action Roguelike, Life Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,135 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different second tag, 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
Chinese Online Game 2024 · $2.0M 
Zombie Graveyard Simulator 2025 · $362k 
ORDER 13 2025 · $330k 
Lynked: Banner of the Spark 2025 · $169k 
Magic Pussy: Chapter 2 2024 · $127k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chinese Online Game | older | $9.99 | 6,610 82% | 198k | $2.0M (exactly $1,981,017) | 648工作室 |
| | Zombie Graveyard Simulator | $14.99 | 805 89% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | threeW | |
| | ORDER 13 | $8.99 | 1,224 87% | 37k | $330k (exactly $330,113) | Cybernetic Walrus | |
| | Lynked: Banner of the Spark | $14.99 | 375 77% | 11k | $169k (exactly $168,638) | FuzzyBot | |
| | Magic Pussy: Chapter 2 | older | $9.99 | 425 75% | 13k | $127k (exactly $127,372) | Taboo Tales 💘 |
 | Sex Desert: Mad Lust | $9.99 | 323 61% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,803) | Carnality INC | |
 | Magic Pussy: Chapter 3 | $14.99 | 208 77% | 6.2k | $94k (exactly $93,538) | Dirty Adventures 🖤 | |
 | Nimbit Frontier | · EA | $13.99 | 113 97% | 3.4k | $47k (exactly $47,426) | Megasploot |
 | They Don't Sleep | older | $2.99 | 215 96% | 6.5k | $19k (exactly $19,286) | Missing Middle Games |
 | Dungeon Market Simulator | $9.99 | 22 40% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | DarkRook Interactive | |
 | Prison Escape Simulator | $9.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | PEGAX Studios | |
 | Funfair Billionaire | $5.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | Yunogames | |
 | Penis Simulator | $1.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Secret Game Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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