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Should I ship a Dragon Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Dragons
Only 15 developers shipped a Dragon Auto Battler 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, Batomon Showdown, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 36 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×20 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×234 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 36 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Top 25% | $63k (exactly $62,637) |
| Top 5% | $147k (exactly $147,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 550% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Auto Battler; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Dungeon Crawler, Management
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,540 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 36 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + CatsFair
- + ArcadeFair
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Comparable games
Batomon Showdown 2026 · $147k 
Mage and Monsters 2022 · $135k 
Mage and Monsters II 2025 · $100k 
Gargadusa's Tower 2026 · $79k 
Dragon Ruins II 2025 · $63k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Batomon Showdown | $14.99 | 327 87% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $147,052) | berrymint | |
| | Mage and Monsters | older | $4.99 | 903 89% | 27k | $135k (exactly $135,179) | Lasse Zacho Malver |
| | Mage and Monsters II | $8.99 | 372 82% | 11k | $100k (exactly $100,328) | Lasse Zacho Malver | |
| | Gargadusa's Tower | $8.99 | 294 90% | 8.8k | $79k (exactly $79,292) | The Math Team | |
| | Dragon Ruins II | $9.99 | 209 87% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,637) | Graverobber Foundation | |
 | Swords And Magic: Path Of Conquest | · EA | $9.99 | 128 77% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,362) | ShadowMoon Wolf Game Tech Ltd |
 | Tears of Adria | older | $13.99 | 75 86% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ark Island Studio |
 | Loot Hero DX | older | $2.99 | 338 71% | 10k | $30k (exactly $30,319) | VaragtP |
 | My Infamous Dungeon | $14.99 | 63 76% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | BoxFox Studios | |
 | The Dragonhood | older | $7.99 | 83 73% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,895) | Scrambled Games |
 | Auto Battle Girl | $9.99 | 52 80% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mutual Fun Studio | |
 | Warena | $9.99 | 42 52% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Part Time Monkey | |
 | King of Tokyo - Richard Garfield | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Breakfirst | |
 | Open The Gate: Just A Little | $5.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Abubu Dance |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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