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Should I ship a Boss Rush Roguelite?
Boss Rush + Roguelite
Only 16 developers shipped a Boss Rush Roguelite 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, UNYIELDER, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $87k, ×185 the market median. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $88k (exactly $87,715) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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, Roguelite; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 283 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boss Rush with a different second tag, 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
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Tribes of Midgard 2021 · $10M 
The Void Rains Upon Her Heart 2018 · EA · $645k 
UNYIELDER 2025 · $88k 
Godstrike 2021 · $32k 
Box Knight 2026 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tribes of Midgard | older | $19.99 | 17,465 76% | 524k | $10M (exactly $10,473,760) | Norsfell |
| | The Void Rains Upon Her Heart | · EA older | $12.99 | 1,655 99% | 50k | $645k (exactly $644,954) | Veyeral Games |
| | UNYIELDER | $24.99 | 117 62% | 3.5k | $88k (exactly $87,715) | TrueWorld Studios | |
| | Godstrike | older | $5.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $32k (exactly $32,346) | OverPowered Team |
| | Box Knight | $14.99 | 48 93% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | We Made A Thing Studios | |
 | 99 Waves | older | $3.99 | 96 90% | 2.9k | $11k (exactly $11,491) | Cold9, Cosnow |
 | Dream Flash | · EA older | $9.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Ramaf Party |
 | Puppet Kings | older | $9.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Timba Games |
 | Virus Rush + Hazard of the Ages | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | STRANGER | |
 | Pancake Patrol | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Power Plins Games | |
 | Echoes of Forgotten Dreams | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Nomary, Sesame | |
 | InTheLake | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | ZhiZhi | |
 | Periodicity - Hats and scars | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | PunPun.Studio | |
 | BROKEN SOUL : Boss Rush | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | DoubleJLabs | |
 | CybArena | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Cojokero Games | |
 | Beats&Boss | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | XiHuanMang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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