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Should I ship a Party Game Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Party Game
Of 26 developers who shipped a Party Game Action Roguelike 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.. 66 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×43 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 66 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,374) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 2400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- Party Game
- 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, Party Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy, First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 887 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 66 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Conan Chop Chop 2022 · $190k 
DunHero 2026 · $143k 
Burgle Supply Company 2026 · $20k 
OK Boomer 2026 · EA · $17k 
Panic Delivery 2026 · EA · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Conan Chop Chop | older | $14.99 | 423 65% | 13k | $190k (exactly $190,223) | Mighty Kingdom |
| | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
| | Burgle Supply Company | $7.99 | 85 88% | 2.6k | $20k (exactly $20,374) | Terrible Posture Games | |
| | OK Boomer | · EA | $7.99 | 70 77% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,779) | Pugsy Studios |
| | Panic Delivery | · EA | $7.99 | 52 90% | 1.6k | $12k (exactly $12,464) | Invader Studios |
 | SCREAM NOTE | $7.99 | 35 2% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | REAL PLAYERS | |
 | Wink Out | · EA | $7.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Clevergence Games |
 | YGGDRA: SURVIVOR | $4.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | BD | |
 | Dough or Die | · EA | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Soundbyte Interactive |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | The Arena | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Big W Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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