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Should I ship a Traditional Roguelike Card Battler?
Card Battler + Traditional Roguelike
Of 43 developers who shipped a Traditional Roguelike Card 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.. 57 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 980% on the market; 57 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) |
| Top 5% | $46k (exactly $46,051) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 57 |
| 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 980% on the market, supply 280% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- 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
- Card Battler, Traditional Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, Card Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 1,631 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Party GameFair
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- + CRPGPoor odds
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Right and Down 2022 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 | |
| | Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? | older | $17.99 | 118 79% | 3.5k | $64k (exactly $63,685) | Atelier Wanko |
| | Right and Down | older | $9.99 | 200 80% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | mc2games |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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