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Should I ship a Traditional Roguelike Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Traditional Roguelike
Of 20 developers who shipped a Traditional Roguelike 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.. 26 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×2.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×343 the market median. Revenue is up 210% on the market; 26 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,547) |
| Top 5% | $163k (exactly $162,737) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 210% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Traditional Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Auto Battler, Traditional Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, Card Battler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,445 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Path of Achra 2024 · $949k 
Tavern of Gods 2021 · $232k 
Endgame of Devil 2023 · $202k 
Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers 2025 · $163k 
Backpack Dungeon 2026 · $79k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Path of Achra | older | $9.99 | 3,166 98% | 95k | $949k (exactly $948,850) | Ulfsire |
| | 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 |
| | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
| | Backpack Dungeon | $3.99 | 656 87% | 20k | $79k (exactly $78,523) | 夜喵 | |
 | Warlords Battle Simulator | $9.99 | 55 67% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | RedKar Devs | |
 | Lucha Chess | · EA | $8.99 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,182) | Jorge T.V. |
 | Magic Potion Destroyer | older | $9.99 | 38 78% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | ARTIFACTS |
 | 魔堡乱斗 | · EA | $7.99 | 44 72% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $10,547) | 奇游此里 |
 | Battle Of The Abyss | $4.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | 1029studio | |
 | Maid Mech | $2.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Dark Arrow Studio | |
 | Snack Escort | $5.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | JuTek Pixel | |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | 懒人也江湖 | · EA | $4.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | 恒睿游戏 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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