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Should I ship a Naval Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Naval
Only 12 developers shipped a Naval 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, Curse of Pirates, 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, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $700, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $36k, ×58 the market median. Revenue is up 1055% on the market; 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $700 (exactly $700) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,979) |
| Top 5% | $36k (exactly $36,264) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 1055% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Naval
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 235 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SportsFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + VampiresFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DogsFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + FaithFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
Ship of Fools 2022 · $3.3M 
Pixel Piracy 2014 · $2.6M 
King of Seas 2021 · $452k 
Cursed Crew 2024 · EA · $42k 
Curse of Pirates 2026 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ship of Fools | older | $21.99 | 5,040 82% | 151k | $3.3M (exactly $3,324,888) | Fika Productions |
| | Pixel Piracy | older | $14.99 | 5,713 65% | 171k | $2.6M (exactly $2,569,136) | Vitali Kirpu |
| | King of Seas | older | $24.99 | 603 57% | 18k | $452k (exactly $452,069) | 3DClouds |
| | Cursed Crew | · EA older | $20.00 | 70 80% | 2.1k | $42k (exactly $42,000) | Cracklewock Games |
| | Curse of Pirates | $9.99 | 121 80% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $36,264) | Funky Parrot | |
 | Captains of the Wacky Waters | older | $19.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Ceiling Games |
 | Fluffy Sailors | $12.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Skaldery Games | |
 | Swords and Sandals Pirates | older | $6.99 | 45 68% | 1.4k | $9.4k (exactly $9,436) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Maritime Calling | older | $7.99 | 31 51% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Tiamat Games |
 | Ruiga Pirates | · EA older | $4.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | Valentware Games LTD |
 | Ocean Survivors | $3.49 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $4.0k (exactly $3,979) | Aremji Games | |
 | Hentai Pirates Survivors | $4.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Pinky Pads | |
 | Kamikaze Survivors | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | DaboSoft | |
 | Pirate Twist | · EA | $4.67 | 5 100% | 150 | $700 (exactly $700) | BTG Labs |
 | Hullbreaker | · EA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Dalton |
 | Moby Click | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Drew VanWagner | |
 | DEEP DIVER | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | PEGAX Studios |
 | Pirates of Gravitae | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Innerverse Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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