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Should I ship a Cooking Action RPG?
Action RPG + Cooking
Only 19 developers shipped a Cooking 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, SULFUR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 63 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $380; 1 in 20 cleared $7.2M, ×4825 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 63 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $372 (exactly $372) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,094) |
| Top 5% | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 63 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Cooking
- 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, Cooking; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 22,992 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $380. 4 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 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
Black Desert 2017 · $19M 
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
Dungeon Munchies 2022 · $4.0M 
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Immortal Life 2024 · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Black Desert | older | $9.99 | 63,052 75% | 1.9M | $19M (exactly $18,896,684) | Pearl Abyss |
| | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
| | Dungeon Munchies | older | $19.99 | 6,596 97% | 198k | $4.0M (exactly $3,955,621) | maJAJa |
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Immortal Life | older | $16.99 | 3,853 79% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,963,874) | YiFang Studio |
 | Saleblazers | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,974 78% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,008) | AIRSTRAFE INTERACTIVE |
 | Chef RPG | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,593 87% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,555,022) | World 2 Studio |
 | UNDYING - "KINGDOM" | older | $19.99 | 1,688 78% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,294) | Vanimals |
 | Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town | $29.99 | 837 95% | 25k | $753k (exactly $753,049) | h.a.n.d., Inc. | |
 | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | Tavern Legends | $24.99 | 160 91% | 4.8k | $120k (exactly $119,952) | CROWFORGE Games | |
 | Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0! | $8.99 | 119 68% | 3.6k | $32k (exactly $32,094) | LuluGames | |
 | The Dream Within | $6.99 | 122 81% | 3.7k | $26k (exactly $25,583) | Roaming of Little Hammer | |
 | Lorne | · EA | $14.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Lorne Studios |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | HANGRY™ | · EA | $14.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Game Pill |
 | Forsaken Shores | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Kuldan Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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