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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Action Game Souls-like?

Character Action Game + Souls-like

Only 7 developers shipped a Character Action Game Souls-like 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, Dead as Disco, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7M against a market of $1.5k. 18 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1159.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 30% on the market, 18 announced, ×4.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + Souls-like
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 7

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Souls-like: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 7
Bottom 30% $58k (exactly $57,698)
Median $1.7M (exactly $1,736,305)
Top 25% $4.9M (exactly $4,932,513)
Top 5% $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794)
Developers, 2 yr 7
Released games 51
Announced 18
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $24.99

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 30% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Souls-like
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, Souls-like
Price point
$24.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 46,724 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $58k, median $1.7M, 1 in 4 over $4.9M, 1 in 20 over $9.2M.

3 in 10 developers made under $58k. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SCARLET NEXUS 2021 · $25M Dead as Disco 2026 · EA · $9.3M Steelrising 2022 · $6.9M NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black 2025 · $4.9M KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) 2024 · $4.6M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SCARLET NEXUS older $59.99 13,749 81% 412k $25M (exactly $24,744,075) BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
Dead as Disco · EA $24.99 12,354 96% 371k $9.3M (exactly $9,261,794) Brain Jar Games, Inc.
Steelrising older $49.99 4,568 73% 137k $6.9M (exactly $6,850,630) Spiders
NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black $49.99 3,289 78% 99k $4.9M (exactly $4,932,513) KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) older $59.99 2,535 89% 76k $4.6M (exactly $4,562,240) Square Enix
Lost Soul Aside™ $59.99 1,307 59% 39k $2.4M (exactly $2,352,208) Ultizero Games
Vigil: The Longest Night older $21.99 3,333 85% 100k $2.2M (exactly $2,198,780) Glass Heart Games
SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal older $29.99 2,433 92% 73k $2.2M (exactly $2,188,970) Tamsoft
Homura Hime $24.99 2,316 90% 69k $1.7M (exactly $1,736,305) Crimson Dusk
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption older $18.99 840 65% 25k $479k (exactly $478,548) DARK STAR
Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest $10.99 175 89% 5.3k $58k (exactly $57,698) Maddison Baek
Emberbane $14.99 111 52% 3.3k $50k (exactly $49,917) Hamlet Games
SIRO $9.99 8 62% 240 $2.4k (exactly $2,398) X Soft Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.