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Should I ship an Auto Battler Deckbuilding?
Auto Battler + Deckbuilding
Of 189 developers who shipped an Auto Battler Deckbuilding 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.. 303 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.0k, ×13 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×773 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 303 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,970) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,279) |
| Top 5% | $367k (exactly $367,405) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 189 |
| Released games | 323 |
| Announced | 303 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Auto Battler, Deckbuilding; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 42,142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 91 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 303 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Bazaar 2025 · $9.0M 
The King is Watching 2025 · $4.0M 
Super Fantasy Kingdom 2025 · EA · $3.4M 
Luck be a Landlord 2023 · $3.1M 
Esports Godfather 2024 · $2.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Bazaar | $19.99 | 14,931 70% | 448k | $9.0M (exactly $8,954,121) | Tempo | |
| | The King is Watching | $14.99 | 9,006 88% | 270k | $4.0M (exactly $4,049,998) | Hypnohead | |
| | Super Fantasy Kingdom | · EA | $19.99 | 5,630 86% | 169k | $3.4M (exactly $3,376,311) | Super Fantasy Games |
| | Luck be a Landlord | older | $9.99 | 10,213 93% | 306k | $3.1M (exactly $3,060,836) | TrampolineTales |
| | Esports Godfather | older | $19.99 | 4,319 90% | 130k | $2.6M (exactly $2,590,104) | Asteroid Game Studio |
 | Meme Mayhem | older | $16.99 | 4,849 74% | 145k | $2.5M (exactly $2,471,535) | Cr3 Studio |
 | Hadean Tactics | older | $19.99 | 1,725 89% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,034,482) | Emberfish Games |
 | Commander Quest | $11.99 | 2,804 74% | 84k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,599) | Flyway Games, Inc. | |
 | Heretic's Fork | older | $9.99 | 3,097 85% | 93k | $928k (exactly $928,171) | 9FingerGames |
 | Oaken Tower | · EA | $9.99 | 3,024 89% | 91k | $906k (exactly $906,293) | Bocary Studios |
 | Ballionaire | $12.34 | 2,398 85% | 72k | $888k (exactly $887,740) | newobject | |
 | ShapeHero Factory | $23.99 | 991 88% | 30k | $713k (exactly $713,223) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
 | Knightica | $14.99 | 1,136 74% | 34k | $511k (exactly $510,859) | Mad Mango Games | |
 | Overlooting | $9.99 | 1,405 81% | 42k | $421k (exactly $421,078) | Posing Possums | |
 | Down with the Ship | · EA | $14.99 | 817 93% | 25k | $367k (exactly $367,405) | Iron Anchor Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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