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Should I ship a Demon Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Demons
Of 20 developers who shipped a Demon Auto Battler 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.. 24 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $28k, ×60 the market median. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $28,331) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Auto Battler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelite, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 635 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Heretic's Fork 2023 · $928k 
DemonCrawl 2019 · $553k 
Tavern of Gods 2021 · $232k 
Endgame of Devil 2023 · $202k 
My Infamous Dungeon 2026 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Heretic's Fork | older | $9.99 | 3,097 85% | 93k | $928k (exactly $928,171) | 9FingerGames |
| | DemonCrawl | older | $14.99 | 1,230 76% | 37k | $553k (exactly $553,131) | Therefore Games |
| | Tavern of Gods | older | $9.99 | 775 77% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Element Studio |
| | Endgame of Devil | older | $6.99 | 964 88% | 29k | $202k (exactly $202,151) | MiniWhale |
| | My Infamous Dungeon | $14.99 | 63 76% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | BoxFox Studios | |
 | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
 | The Dragonhood | older | $7.99 | 83 73% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,895) | Scrambled Games |
 | Praise Dead | older | $4.99 | 118 70% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Intrepid Marmot |
 | Flow Of War | $12.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $16k (exactly $15,588) | Rongcon Games | |
 | Dangerous Arena | older | $29.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | RenPixel |
 | Endless waves survival | $1.99 | 202 79% | 6.1k | $12k (exactly $12,059) | Jeferson Belmiro | |
 | Lichgate: Tower Survivor | $6.99 | 57 75% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,953) | Sun Lion Games | |
 | Auto Dungeon | $9.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Blüd Brüther | |
 | Hell Deck | $1.00 | 199 88% | 6.0k | $6.0k (exactly $5,970) | OFFMOON Inc. | |
 | Idle Harem Dungeon | $6.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Cheedle | |
 | Legendary Heroes Survivors | $2.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Last Loop Studios | |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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