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Should I ship a Dwarf Character Customization game?
Character Customization + Dwarves
Only 7 developers shipped a Dwarf Character Customization game 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, Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.2k, ×5.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $750. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) |
| Top 25% | $1.2M (exactly $1,163,824) |
| Top 5% | $13M (exactly $12,639,885) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dwarves
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 92,091 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition 2010 · $26M 
Pillars of Eternity 2015 · $15M 
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core 2026 · EA · $13M 
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ 2024 · $9.2M 
SpellForce 3 Reforced 2017 · $6.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition | older | $29.99 | 28,721 85% | 862k | $26M (exactly $25,840,284) | BioWare |
| | Pillars of Eternity | older | $29.99 | 16,990 87% | 510k | $15M (exactly $15,285,903) | Obsidian Entertainment |
| | Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core | · EA | $29.99 | 14,049 60% | 421k | $13M (exactly $12,639,885) | Ghost Ship Games |
| | The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ | older | $29.99 | 10,242 80% | 307k | $9.2M (exactly $9,214,727) | Free Range Games |
| | SpellForce 3 Reforced | older | $39.99 | 5,784 76% | 174k | $6.9M (exactly $6,939,065) | Grimlore Games |
 | Shadowrun Returns | older | $14.99 | 9,521 88% | 286k | $4.3M (exactly $4,281,594) | Harebrained Schemes |
 | Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot | $14.99 | 2,588 82% | 78k | $1.2M (exactly $1,163,824) | Hamma Studios | |
 | Realms of Magic | older | $19.99 | 978 80% | 29k | $587k (exactly $586,507) | Polished Games |
 | Dungeon Siege II | older | $6.99 | 2,645 76% | 79k | $555k (exactly $554,656) | Gas Powered Games |
 | Sovereign Syndicate | older | $19.99 | 573 79% | 17k | $344k (exactly $343,628) | Crimson Herring Studios |
 | Dwarf Delve | $12.99 | 33 33% | 990 | $13k (exactly $12,860) | Gloom Box | |
 | À La Mine | $8.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Studio Dés Kréatifs | |
 | Dwarf Core | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | IncludeSpark | |
 | Deepforge Brawl | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | David Rediger | |
 | Realms of Conflict | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Ape Apps |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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