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Should I ship a Walking Simulator Action Roguelike?
Action Roguelike + Walking Simulator
Only 8 developers shipped a Walking Simulator 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, Gnomes and Knights, 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, ×4.5 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 $600 against a market of $480. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
| Top 5% | $56k (exactly $55,688) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Action Roguelike
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Walking Simulator
- 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, Walking Simulator
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,732 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action Roguelike with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Creature CollectorFair
- + SportsFair
- + Boss RushFair
- + VampiresFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DogsFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + FaithFair
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
Comparable games
Trip to Vinelands 2016 · $235k 
Spider Queen cave 2023 · $91k 
Gnomes and Knights 2024 · $56k 
H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2024 · $8.9k 
Hentai Mission Ukraine 2022 · $8.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trip to Vinelands | older | $4.99 | 1,572 85% | 47k | $235k (exactly $235,328) | Walter Machado |
| | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
| | Gnomes and Knights | $4.99 | 372 77% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,688) | Terletski Games | |
| | H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R. | older | $0.99 | 301 78% | 9.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,940) | Who We Are Games |
| | Hentai Mission Ukraine | older | $1.99 | 140 91% | 4.2k | $8.4k (exactly $8,358) | Who We Are Games |
 | CowboysShowdown | older | $24.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
 | Cards We're Dealt | older | $9.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Tiny Shiny Things |
 | Zombie Survivors | older | $1.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,761) | WubsGames |
 | TTV4 | older | $0.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $2.6k (exactly $2,614) | Walter Machado |
 | Seeker of the Ruins | $8.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | LionEY Games | |
 | Deadly rails | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Atelierul lui Brancusi | |
 | Level 37: The Ritewood Anomaly | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Flux Games | |
 | MUTEIGHT | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Connor Smith | |
 | Alpha Trashman Antoine | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ubihard Games | |
 | Elara And the Machine | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 晦涩弗里曼 | |
 | Toiletocalypse | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DefektGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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