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Should I ship a Demon Building game?
Building + Demons
Of 22 developers who shipped a Demon Building 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.. 38 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×462 the market median. Revenue is up 1100% on the market; 38 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,708) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 38 |
| 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 up 1100% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Base Building, City Builder
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 2,403 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Building with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CatsFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
Worshippers of Cthulhu 2025 · $978k 
Night is Coming 2025 · EA · $290k 
Hell Architect 2021 · $267k 
Exodus Borealis 2021 · $146k 
Suzukuri Dungeon: Karin in the Mountain 2024 · $103k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worshippers of Cthulhu | $24.99 | 1,305 80% | 39k | $978k (exactly $978,358) | Crazy Goat Games | |
| | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
| | Hell Architect | older | $24.99 | 356 65% | 11k | $267k (exactly $266,893) | Woodland Games |
| | Exodus Borealis | older | $19.99 | 243 91% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Smug Marmot Studios |
| | Suzukuri Dungeon: Karin in the Mountain | older | $24.99 | 138 73% | 4.1k | $103k (exactly $103,459) | Karin Project |
 | Demon Castle Story | $12.99 | 257 77% | 7.7k | $100k (exactly $100,153) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Lazy Witch's Factory | · EA | $15.99 | 204 91% | 6.1k | $98k (exactly $97,859) | MELTCLOCK.Inc |
 | Past Fate | · EA | $19.99 | 81 43% | 2.4k | $49k (exactly $48,576) | Icy North Games |
 | Horror Tycoon | · EA older | $14.99 | 90 61% | 2.7k | $40k (exactly $40,473) | Smidge Games LLC |
 | Carth | · EA older | $12.99 | 69 56% | 2.1k | $27k (exactly $26,889) | Deidre Reay Studios LLC |
 | Fortifend | $15.99 | 39 89% | 1.2k | $19k (exactly $18,708) | Side Crumb | |
 | Flow Of War | $12.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $16k (exactly $15,588) | Rongcon Games | |
 | Flocking Hell | $9.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Sextant Studios | |
 | Fallen Angel: Hell Survival | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Strongfinger | |
 | The HELL | · EA | $9.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | METROPOLICE |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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