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Should I ship a Cooking Roguelite?
Cooking + Roguelite
Of 45 developers who shipped a Cooking Roguelite 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.. 118 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.8k, ×8.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $680k, ×1442 the market median. Revenue is up 1690% on the market; 118 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $45,303) |
| Top 5% | $685k (exactly $684,893) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 118 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1690% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking, Roguelite; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelike, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.90 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.90 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 15,719 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 118 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Turn-Based CombatFair
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- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
PlateUp! 2022 · $11M 
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M 
Cuisineer 2023 · $1.4M 
Restaurats 2025 · $979k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PlateUp! | older | $19.99 | 18,500 94% | 555k | $11M (exactly $11,094,450) | It's happening |
| | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
| | Cuisineer | older | $24.99 | 1,820 76% | 55k | $1.4M (exactly $1,364,454) | BattleBrew Productions |
| | Restaurats | $19.90 | 1,640 89% | 49k | $979k (exactly $979,080) | toR Studio | |
 | Omelet You Cook | $14.99 | 1,523 97% | 46k | $685k (exactly $684,893) | Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose | |
 | Coffee Caravan | older | $11.99 | 1,400 92% | 42k | $504k (exactly $503,580) | Broccoli Games |
 | Pizza Possum | older | $6.99 | 1,800 93% | 54k | $377k (exactly $377,460) | Friedemann, Noio Games |
 | Beastro | $19.99 | 598 92% | 18k | $359k (exactly $358,621) | Timberline Studio | |
 | Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron | $12.99 | 563 85% | 17k | $219k (exactly $219,401) | Kinnymoms | |
 | Big Winner | $12.99 | 550 82% | 17k | $214k (exactly $214,335) | iFAction Studio | |
 | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
 | Hungry Horrors | · EA | $14.99 | 209 98% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $93,987) | Clumsy Bear Studio |
 | Feastopia | $13.99 | 211 77% | 6.3k | $89k (exactly $88,557) | White Star Studio | |
 | Skewer Squad | $5.49 | 413 88% | 12k | $68k (exactly $68,021) | Fake Owls |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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