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Should I ship an Archery Dungeon Crawler?

Archery + Dungeon Crawler

Only 12 developers shipped an Archery Dungeon Crawler 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, Grimlord, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $810, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $830k, ×1756 the market median. Revenue is up 405% on the market; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 405% on the market, 29 announced, ×4.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Archery + Dungeon Crawler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $180 → $3.6k → $3.8k → $0 → $15k → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Archery + Dungeon Crawler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $809 (exactly $809)
Top 25% $15k (exactly $14,840)
Top 5% $834k (exactly $834,022)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 35
Announced 29
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 up 405% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Archery
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Dungeon Crawler
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Archery, Dungeon Crawler
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 78% positive over 1,049 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $810, 1 in 4 over $14k, 1 in 20 over $830k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Archery with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Top-Down ShooterFair9 devs · median $359 · 11 announced
  2. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds13 devs · median $6.5k · 19 announced
  3. + Hack and SlashPoor odds18 devs · median $4.1k · 42 announced
  4. + HistoricalPoor odds11 devs · median $2.7k · 20 announced
  5. + RPGPoor odds28 devs · median $2.4k · 96 announced
  6. + PlatformerPoor odds13 devs · median $2.4k · 19 announced
  7. + HuntingPoor odds9 devs · median $2.2k · 32 announced
  8. + NaturePoor odds11 devs · median $1.8k · 36 announced
  9. + Action RPGPoor odds19 devs · median $1.5k · 58 announced
  10. + Open WorldPoor odds15 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  11. + RoguelikePoor odds13 devs · median $1.0k · 25 announced
  12. + AdventurePoor odds52 devs · median $898 · 123 announced

All 46 pairs on the Archery page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Karnage Chronicles 2020 · $892k Grimlord 2024 · $834k Trickster VR: Co-op Dungeon Crawler 2019 · $167k Vengeful Rites 2021 · $151k Nasty Rogue 2019 · $34k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Karnage Chronicles older $24.99 1,190 85% 36k $892k (exactly $892,143) Nordic Trolls
Grimlord $29.99 927 78% 28k $834k (exactly $834,022) Metalcat Interactive Co.,Ltd
Trickster VR: Co-op Dungeon Crawler older $12.99 428 85% 13k $167k (exactly $166,792) Superstatic
Vengeful Rites older $19.99 252 94% 7.6k $151k (exactly $151,124) Deep Dive Interactive
Nasty Rogue older $10.99 102 76% 3.1k $34k (exactly $33,629) Voxelblade Studio
Native Hunter $17.99 58 72% 1.7k $31k (exactly $31,303) A.P.S
Paladin Duty - Knights and Blades older $9.99 50 38% 1.5k $15k (exactly $14,985) Sabrina Aridi
Mythrealm · EA $14.99 33 87% 990 $15k (exactly $14,840) Delta Video Games
Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex older $14.99 23 73% 690 $10k (exactly $10,343) Ippo Games
Rogue Arrows older $4.99 43 76% 1.3k $6.4k (exactly $6,437) Jolly Theory
Heart of Eternity $7.99 17 76% 510 $4.1k (exactly $4,075) Ukrainian Development Company
Phantom the Huntress $6.99 4 50% 120 $839 (exactly $839) Hoffnung Haydn
Arrow Dungeon $8.99 3 33% 90 $809 (exactly $809) ParkDol
Gladatora $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Jeremiah Eastman
Small Test $1.99 5 80% 150 $298 (exactly $298) UAIGolem
Arkero VR $11.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Interco Industries LLC
Mystic Origins $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Matthew Lalande

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.