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Should I ship a Dragon Class-Based game?
Class-Based + Dragons
Only 10 developers shipped a Dragon Class-Based 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, The Nameless: Slay Dragon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.8k, ×5.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×739 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) |
| Top 25% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,106,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 down 95% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 2,561 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.1k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SupernaturalLong shot
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- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
The Nameless: Slay Dragon 2024 · $1.1M 
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition 2024 · $204k 
Dark Quest 4 2025 · $82k 
Wyvia 2023 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | The Nameless: Slay Dragon | $17.99 | 2,050 91% | 62k | $1.1M (exactly $1,106,385) | The Nameless Epic | |
| | Talisman: Digital 5th Edition | $29.99 | 227 70% | 6.8k | $204k (exactly $204,232) | Nomad Games | |
| | Dark Quest 4 | $19.99 | 136 75% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
| | Wyvia | older | $9.99 | 142 94% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,557) | Blast Programming |
 | Tears of Adria | older | $13.99 | 75 86% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ark Island Studio |
 | Infinite Mana | older | $24.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $25k (exactly $25,490) | Wonderlust Games |
 | Nevergrind | $12.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $23k (exactly $23,382) | Neverworks Games | |
 | Fantasy Empires | older | $9.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Silicon Knights |
 | Jettatura | older | $12.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $8.2k (exactly $8,184) | Nick Baker |
 | Lastlore Saga | $12.99 | 20 70% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | 30 Minute Games | |
 | Open The Gate: Just A Little | $5.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Abubu Dance | |
 | DungeonSweeper | $7.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Smoketree Studios | |
 | Arch Legends | $7.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | WKM Studios | |
 | Call of Heroes: Tower Defense | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Bakart Games - Rômulo | |
 | Ninety Nine Dungeons | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Donnie Lee |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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