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Should I ship a Fantasy Boss Rush game?
Boss Rush + Fantasy
Of 23 developers who shipped a Fantasy Boss Rush game 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.. 53 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×517 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 53 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $246k (exactly $245,754) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 53 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 185% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Boss Rush; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, PvE
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,823 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boss Rush with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RPGFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ShooterFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Titan Souls 2015 · $3.6M 
Eldest Souls 2021 · $1.9M 
Dinoblade 2026 · $1.5M 
Jotun: Valhalla Edition 2015 · $996k 
IDLE BOSS RUSH 2025 · $246k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Titan Souls | older | $14.99 | 8,002 82% | 240k | $3.6M (exactly $3,598,499) | Acid Nerve |
| | Eldest Souls | older | $19.99 | 3,125 76% | 94k | $1.9M (exactly $1,874,062) | Fallen Flag Studio |
| | Dinoblade | $19.99 | 2,420 90% | 73k | $1.5M (exactly $1,451,274) | Team Spino LLC | |
| | Jotun: Valhalla Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,215 77% | 66k | $996k (exactly $996,086) | Thunder Lotus |
| | IDLE BOSS RUSH | $9.99 | 820 66% | 25k | $246k (exactly $245,754) | Irid Games | |
 | Air Twister | older | $24.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $76k (exactly $75,720) | YS NET |
 | Second Stellar | · EA | $4.99 | 334 99% | 10k | $50k (exactly $50,000) | Pepperlog |
 | Godstrike | older | $5.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | OverPowered Team |
 | VOIDFACE | $8.99 | 78 96% | 2.3k | $21k (exactly $21,037) | Frog Hat Labs | |
 | Boss Rush: Mythology | older | $4.99 | 123 78% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,413) | Alexey Suslin |
 | Slay All Bosses: Idle | $4.99 | 84 60% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | Memoria Interactive | |
 | Healer | $9.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Valentin Louvet | |
 | Spirited Line | $4.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Eazy Wizard | |
 | Echoes of Forgotten Dreams | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Nomary, Sesame | |
 | Clearing Blade | · EA | $8.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Devdepot |
 | Siaty's return | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | LTQG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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