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Should I ship an Action Roguelike MOBA?
MOBA + Action Roguelike
Only 5 developers shipped an Action Roguelike MOBA 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, Shape of Dreams, 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, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.1k against a market of $1.3k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $225 (exactly $225) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $137k (exactly $137,405) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 9 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 16,333 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $230. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
Shape of Dreams 2025 · $12M 
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up 2025 · $137k 
VOIDCRISIS 2022 · $110k 
WizardPunk 2023 · $3.3k 
Luna & Sol: Nightmare Ward 2025 · $3.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shape of Dreams | $24.99 | 15,769 89% | 473k | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) | Lizard Smoothie | |
| | WAR RATS: The Rat em Up | $11.99 | 382 95% | 11k | $137k (exactly $137,405) | wootusart Industries | |
| | VOIDCRISIS | older | $29.99 | 122 54% | 3.7k | $110k (exactly $109,763) | HEXADRIVE Inc. |
| | WizardPunk | older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | City Wizard Games |
| | Luna & Sol: Nightmare Ward | $7.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | PLAY Mephistowaltz | |
 | Elemental World | older | $6.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | SoulGlen Games |
 | Dream Fight Will | older | $7.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | 张亮002 |
 | Roguenarok | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Fishbump Games |
 | 修真元界 XiuZhen Metaverse | · EA older | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | 个人独立开发 |
 | Stellar Stars | older | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | WhiteSponge |
 | FastMoBa | $2.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $225 (exactly $225) | Nguyen Thanh Chinh | |
 | Capsule Carnage: Don't Press That | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gold Capsule |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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