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Should I ship a Mythological Class-Based game?
Class-Based + Mythology
Only 18 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 47 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×3.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $3.2M, ×2197 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 47 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 25% | $60k (exactly $59,962) |
| Top 5% | $3.3M (exactly $3,290,905) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, 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
- Mythology
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 10,870 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 4 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel 2025 · $3.3M 
NORSE: Oath of Blood 2026 · $2.7M 
Svarog's Dream 2023 · $559k 
Tiny Tactics 2022 · $198k 
Camelot Unchained 2026 · EA · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel | $14.99 | 7,318 82% | 220k | $3.3M (exactly $3,290,905) | Games Farm, ARTillery | |
| | NORSE: Oath of Blood | $34.99 | 2,535 56% | 76k | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) | Arctic Hazard | |
| | Svarog's Dream | older | $21.00 | 888 89% | 27k | $559k (exactly $559,440) | VI Game Forge |
| | Tiny Tactics | older | $9.99 | 661 82% | 20k | $198k (exactly $198,102) | Tiny Forge Gaming |
| | Camelot Unchained | · EA | $9.99 | 369 38% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | Unchained Entertainment |
 | Witch and Council : The Card | $14.99 | 182 48% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | G1 Playground | |
 | Guards II: Chaos in Hell | $15.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $60k (exactly $59,962) | Battlecruiser Games | |
 | Duriano | $14.99 | 117 95% | 3.5k | $53k (exactly $52,615) | Adisoft Gaming Co.,Ltd. | |
 | Kiln | $7.99 | 154 74% | 4.6k | $37k (exactly $36,914) | Double Fine Productions | |
 | Spirits of The Silicium Forest | older | $9.99 | 55 89% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | PixelGreeds, Kujjaoo |
 | Tri Survive | $7.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | Majestic Mind Games | |
 | Navigating The Labyrinth | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dragon Dropper | |
 | Larina | $11.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Stefan Pulfer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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