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Should I ship an Auto Battler Action RPG?
Action RPG + Auto Battler
Only 19 developers shipped an Auto Battler Action RPG 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, Skull Horde, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 54 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 54 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper, while revenue is down 95% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,438) |
| Top 5% | $422k (exactly $422,045) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 54 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Auto Battler; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Roguelike, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 2,384 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Mini Healer 2020 · EA · $537k 
Skull Horde 2026 · $422k 
Just King 2023 · $204k 
Legionbound 2026 · $201k 
Godslayer Arena 2025 · EA · $116k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mini Healer | · EA older | $7.99 | 2,239 87% | 67k | $537k (exactly $536,688) | Sad Doge |
| | Skull Horde | $12.99 | 1,083 81% | 32k | $422k (exactly $422,045) | 8BitSkull | |
| | Just King | older | $4.99 | 1,362 89% | 41k | $204k (exactly $203,891) | VISH |
| | Legionbound | $9.99 | 671 83% | 20k | $201k (exactly $201,099) | Spicy Garlic Games | |
| | Godslayer Arena | · EA | $14.99 | 257 76% | 7.7k | $116k (exactly $115,573) | Hippo Rider Games |
 | Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD | older | $9.99 | 209 70% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,637) | Mini Fun Games |
 | Into the Restless Ruins | $14.99 | 109 83% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Ant Workshop Ltd | |
 | The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom | · EA older | $19.99 | 67 68% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Bearplane |
 | Loot Hero DX | older | $2.99 | 338 71% | 10k | $30k (exactly $30,319) | VaragtP |
 | Wandness: WandCraft Survivor | $6.99 | 107 74% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Knight Owl Games, Binary Lunar | |
 | Fight To The Death | $2.99 | 113 76% | 3.4k | $10k (exactly $10,136) | Amrita | |
 | Bahast | $4.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | FC Tech Labs | |
 | Desktop Hellfarmer | $2.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | Fesunenko Games | |
 | Pixel Three Kingdoms: Zombie Dungeon | $9.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | YYTGAME | |
 | Widget Warriors | $4.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Vespertine Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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