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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon Card Battler?
Card Battler + Mystery Dungeon
Only 12 developers shipped a Mystery Dungeon Card 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, Villages & Dungeons, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $480. 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,089) |
| Top 25% | $39k (exactly $39,207) |
| Top 5% | $217k (exactly $217,249) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 250% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Card Battler, Mystery Dungeon
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,906 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.7k. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ArcadeFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + GamblingFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Villages & Dungeons 2025 · $217k 
Legacy of Defense 2026 · $131k 
Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? 2023 · $64k 
Obsidian Prince 2022 · $46k 
Lazriel: The Demon's Fall 2023 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Villages & Dungeons | $6.99 | 1,036 91% | 31k | $217k (exactly $217,249) | CaCaFrog Studio | |
| | Legacy of Defense | $7.99 | 545 72% | 16k | $131k (exactly $130,636) | Enter the Game Studios | |
| | Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? | older | $17.99 | 118 79% | 3.5k | $64k (exactly $63,685) | Atelier Wanko |
| | Obsidian Prince | older | $14.99 | 103 77% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $46,319) | Unleash The Giraffe |
| | Lazriel: The Demon's Fall | older | $14.99 | 88 90% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Otakesan |
 | Nao in Heat! ~Kemomimi Girl's Naughty Treatment~ | $11.99 | 109 77% | 3.3k | $39k (exactly $39,207) | Crazy Nirin | |
 | Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch | $14.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Dvora Studio Co. Ltd. | |
 | Demonherd Dungeon | $19.99 | 36 72% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | Demonherd Team | |
 | Rune Gate | older | $9.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Devwind |
 | Dungeon Deck | $9.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Incinious | |
 | Arcane Ascent | $14.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Catbot Games | |
 | Duck N Roll | $6.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | GoldPumpkin Inc. | |
 | Mech Shuffle | $9.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | PillBugGames | |
 | Treasure Atlas | · EA | $11.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | zzeerr |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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