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Should I ship an Animal Roguelike?
Roguelike + Animals
Of 29 developers who shipped an Animal 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.. 71 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×6.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $680k, ×1442 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 71 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
| Top 5% | $685k (exactly $684,893) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 525% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Roguelike; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Strategy, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 9,705 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 71 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + 6DOFFair
- + Grand StrategyFair
- + VampiresFair
- + DogsFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SuperheroFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
Comparable games
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite 2026 · $2.1M 
Omelet You Cook 2026 · $685k 
Zoominoes 2026 · $247k 
Maze Mice 2025 · $94k 
Exark 2026 · $45k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite | $9.99 | 6,876 76% | 206k | $2.1M (exactly $2,060,737) | Odd Dreams Digital | |
| | Omelet You Cook | $14.99 | 1,523 97% | 46k | $685k (exactly $684,893) | Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose | |
| | Zoominoes | $14.99 | 549 91% | 16k | $247k (exactly $246,885) | Starlight Games inc. | |
| | Maze Mice | $9.99 | 315 88% | 9.5k | $94k (exactly $94,406) | TrampolineTales | |
| | Exark | $14.99 | 99 73% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,520) | Robot Cat Limited | |
 | Wildkeepers Rising | $9.99 | 110 79% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | Lioncode Games | |
 | Slot or Not | $6.99 | 131 89% | 3.9k | $27k (exactly $27,471) | MakoTeam | |
 | Pigeons Attack | older | $4.99 | 154 90% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $23,054) | Nixtor Game Studio |
 | Heritage | $9.99 | 44 72% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Big Three Games | |
 | Atomic Owl | $12.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | Monster Theater | |
 | Joey's Nightmare II | · EA | $7.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | A* Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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