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Should I ship an Asynchronous Multiplayer Dungeon Crawler?
Asynchronous Multiplayer + Dungeon Crawler
Only 14 developers shipped an Asynchronous Multiplayer 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, Dwarven Realms, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $850k, ×1360 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $63k (exactly $62,508) |
| Top 5% | $854k (exactly $854,145) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 32%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Asynchronous Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawler; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Roguelike, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 4,315 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 1 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Asynchronous Multiplayer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Turn-BasedStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Board GameFair
- + WarFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SpaceLong shot
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
Comparable games
Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator 2022 · $1.7M 
Dwarven Realms 2024 · $854k 
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island 2024 · $564k 
Backpack Jianghu 2026 · $237k 
Paper Animal Adventure 2025 · EA · $63k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator | older | $19.99 | 2,878 83% | 86k | $1.7M (exactly $1,725,937) | Konfa Games |
| | Dwarven Realms | $9.99 | 2,850 81% | 86k | $854k (exactly $854,145) | Crater Studios | |
| | Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island | $39.99 | 470 85% | 14k | $564k (exactly $563,859) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | |
| | Backpack Jianghu | $13.99 | 565 80% | 17k | $237k (exactly $237,130) | 背包工作室 | |
| | Paper Animal Adventure | · EA | $14.99 | 139 95% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,508) | Cuddling Raccoons Studio |
 | Valefor | $14.99 | 133 66% | 4.0k | $60k (exactly $59,810) | Valefor Ltd | |
 | Empyreal | $14.99 | 123 69% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | Silent Games | |
 | GUILT: The Deathless | · EA older | $16.99 | 65 80% | 2.0k | $33k (exactly $33,130) | Outer Brain Studios |
 | Tormentis | · EA older | $19.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | 4 Hands Games |
 | NikNaks | · EA | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Boombot, Etheral Games |
 | Astaryn: RPG Idler | $3.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | Karl Eriksson | |
 | Shadows of Wyrmwood | · EA | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Dream Foundry Games |
 | Baratrum | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Clyde Smets |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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