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Class-Based + Roguelike Deckbuilder
Only 14 developers shipped a Roguelike Deckbuilder 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, Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 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 $7.3k against a market of $1.5k. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.3k (exactly $7,253) |
| Top 25% | $137k (exactly $137,348) |
| Top 5% | $352k (exactly $351,609) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- effort 3 / 10 · high · deckbuilding rules plus procedural runs
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Roguelike Deckbuilder; all of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Choices Matter, Roguelite
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,190 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 6 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Dice & Fold 2024 · $1.4M 
RUNGORE 2024 · $446k 
Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings 2025 · $352k 
Cube Chaos 2025 · $223k 
Monster Slayers 2017 · $217k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dice & Fold | older | $12.99 | 3,491 83% | 105k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,443) | Tinymice Entertainment |
| | RUNGORE | older | $14.99 | 991 85% | 30k | $446k (exactly $445,653) | YOUR_MOM'S_HP, RavenJm |
| | Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings | $24.99 | 469 74% | 14k | $352k (exactly $351,609) | Palindrome Interactive | |
| | Cube Chaos | $11.99 | 621 95% | 19k | $223k (exactly $223,374) | Wunarg | |
| | Monster Slayers | older | $8.99 | 804 79% | 24k | $217k (exactly $216,839) | Nerdook Productions |
 | Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure | $19.99 | 274 81% | 8.2k | $164k (exactly $164,318) | Wanderlost Interactive | |
 | Spin Hero | $7.99 | 573 73% | 17k | $137k (exactly $137,348) | Sphere Studios | |
 | Power Chord | older | $19.99 | 170 71% | 5.1k | $102k (exactly $101,949) | Big Blue Bubble |
 | Witch and Council : The Card | $14.99 | 182 48% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | G1 Playground | |
 | Metroplex Zero: Sci-Fi Card Battler | older | $19.99 | 90 96% | 2.7k | $54k (exactly $53,973) | Enigma Dragons LLC |
 | Card Artisan | $12.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $14,029) | Fullen Games | |
 | Seekers of Eclipse | $10.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $7.3k (exactly $7,253) | ThinKING Cat Games | |
 | KindFolx | $14.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Tristan Barona | |
 | MegaBattle | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | MadCat Corp, Cavylabs | |
 | Blessed To Die | · EA | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Frame Forge Studios LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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