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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Mystery Dungeon?

Character Customization + Mystery Dungeon

Of 37 developers who shipped a Character Customization Mystery Dungeon 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.. 60 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $960k, ×1542 the market median. Revenue is up 250% on the market; 60 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 250% on the market, 60 announced, ×3.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Mystery Dungeon
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 37
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.2k → $1.8k → $420 → $5.8k → $450 → $1.2k → $1.8k (still earning) → $1.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Mystery Dungeon: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 37
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $1.2k (exactly $1,199)
Top 25% $5.8k (exactly $5,755)
Top 5% $969k (exactly $968,515)
Developers, 2 yr 37
Released games 88
Announced 60
Effort 6 / 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 250% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Mystery Dungeon
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, Mystery Dungeon; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Roguelike
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 12,222 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $1.2k, 1 in 4 over $5.7k, 1 in 20 over $960k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 60 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
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  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Elin 2024 · EA · $5.0M Hammerwatch II 2023 · $1.4M Goblin Cleanup 2025 · EA · $969k FALL IN LABYRINTH 2021 · $643k Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle 2026 · $541k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Elin · EA $19.99 8,406 93% 252k $5.0M (exactly $5,041,078) Lafrontier
Hammerwatch II older $24.99 1,871 60% 56k $1.4M (exactly $1,402,689) Crackshell
Goblin Cleanup · EA $19.99 1,615 87% 48k $969k (exactly $968,515) Crisalu Games
FALL IN LABYRINTH older $19.99 1,073 95% 32k $643k (exactly $643,478) JUKKAKU GAMES
Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle $18.99 950 71% 29k $541k (exactly $541,215) KTMG LLC.
Full Mojo Rampage older $12.99 524 85% 16k $204k (exactly $204,203) Over the Top Games
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris older $9.99 619 89% 19k $186k (exactly $185,514) Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, Genera… (Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, General Arcade)
PIT OF GOBLIN · EA $5.99 915 84% 27k $164k (exactly $164,426) Friendly Foe
Yes My Lord older $14.99 204 95% 6.1k $92k (exactly $91,739) Doubles Core
Skeletal Avenger older $16.99 158 82% 4.7k $81k (exactly $80,533) 10tons Ltd
Gehenna $19.99 78 79% 2.3k $47k (exactly $46,777) Kemuriya
Runehaven $9.99 119 91% 3.6k $36k (exactly $35,664) Cikoria Studio
The Dream Labyrinth $14.99 44 81% 1.3k $20k (exactly $19,787) GGG`s
Feywood Wanderers $14.99 37 86% 1.1k $17k (exactly $16,639) Vicente Miranda
Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG $9.99 42 76% 1.3k $13k (exactly $12,587) GameDevJoey
Senpai and the Mysterious Island $11.99 16 37% 480 $5.8k (exactly $5,755) Ruhut Soft

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