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Should I ship a Dinosaur Action RPG?
Action RPG + Dinosaurs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dinosaur 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, Dinoblade, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $18k, ×12 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×969 the market median. Revenue is up 17605% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $18k (exactly $17,993) |
| Top 25% | $403k (exactly $402,616) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,451,274) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 17605% on the market, supply 20% 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
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 5,960 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different setting or mood, 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
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition 2020 · $144M 
Dinoblade 2026 · $1.5M 
LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 2025 · $669k 
Dinotica 2026 · $403k 
Tamer: King of Dinosaurs 2026 · EA · $260k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 95,804 87% | 2.9M | $144M (exactly $143,677,259) | Guerrilla |
| | Dinoblade | $19.99 | 2,420 90% | 73k | $1.5M (exactly $1,451,274) | Team Spino LLC | |
| | LIZARDS MUST DIE 2 | $9.99 | 2,232 94% | 67k | $669k (exactly $668,930) | the Bratans, Smola Game Studio | |
| | Dinotica | $17.99 | 746 86% | 22k | $403k (exactly $402,616) | XA Studio | |
| | Tamer: King of Dinosaurs | · EA | $24.99 | 347 86% | 10k | $260k (exactly $260,146) | Ride the Lion Studios |
 | Utawarerumono: ZAN 2 | $39.99 | 88 82% | 2.6k | $106k (exactly $105,574) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | Utawarerumono: ZAN | $39.99 | 85 77% | 2.6k | $102k (exactly $101,974) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | Fossilfuel 2 | older | $19.99 | 142 80% | 4.3k | $85k (exactly $85,157) | DangerousBob Studio LLC |
 | Athos | · EA older | $24.99 | 95 58% | 2.9k | $71k (exactly $71,222) | Neojac Entertainment Inc. |
 | Time Survivors | older | $4.99 | 272 61% | 8.2k | $41k (exactly $40,718) | Lunar Chili |
 | Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split | $24.99 | 24 50% | 720 | $18k (exactly $17,993) | Dead Drop Studios LLC | |
 | ErMa (Early Mammal) | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | AlmyriganHero | |
 | Sentinel Agency | · EA | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Phantomedia |
 | Breathbound | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | 十年 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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