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Should I ship an Action Roguelike Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Action Roguelike
Of 26 developers who shipped an Action Roguelike Party-Based RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 52 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $840; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×320 the market median. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 52 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $838 (exactly $838) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,979) |
| Top 5% | $201k (exactly $201,099) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 52 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 95% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG, Action Roguelike; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Roguelike, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,275 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 8 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 52 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
Chinese Online Game 2024 · $2.0M 
Seer's Gambit 2024 · $220k 
Full Mojo Rampage 2014 · $204k 
Legionbound 2026 · $201k 
Pebble Knights 2026 · EA · $144k | 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 |
| | Seer's Gambit | $14.99 | 490 76% | 15k | $220k (exactly $220,353) | Unleash The Giraffe | |
| | Full Mojo Rampage | older | $12.99 | 524 85% | 16k | $204k (exactly $204,203) | Over the Top Games |
| | Legionbound | $9.99 | 671 83% | 20k | $201k (exactly $201,099) | Spicy Garlic Games | |
| | Pebble Knights | · EA | $9.99 | 479 76% | 14k | $144k (exactly $143,556) | 51% Games |
 | Final Knight | · EA | $13.99 | 180 77% | 5.4k | $76k (exactly $75,546) | 2oclocksoft |
 | Healed To Death | $14.99 | 163 80% | 4.9k | $73k (exactly $73,301) | Branno | |
 | Don't Lose Aggro | · EA | $9.99 | 127 84% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,062) | Oren Koren |
 | Looking for Heals | older | $9.99 | 117 72% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Blue Bomber Games |
 | Fortune Summoners Special Edition | older | $14.99 | 77 85% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $34,627) | Lizsoft |
 | Gods Wars : infinity Epic | $9.99 | 70 77% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | YCGame | |
 | Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite | $11.99 | 33 72% | 990 | $12k (exactly $11,870) | Viabo Games | |
 | Happy Monster | · EA | $8.99 | 41 82% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | Destined Game Studio |
 | OLAPU | · EA | $10.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | bati, dxriiia |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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