Should I ship a Gothic CRPG?
CRPG + Gothic
Only 10 developers shipped a Gothic CRPG 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 Necromancer's Tale, 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 $20k against a market of $1.5k. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
|---|---|
| Median | $20k (exactly $20,236) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,875) |
| Top 5% | $690k (exactly $690,474) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 105% on the market, supply 35% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,344 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 7 in 10 of the 7 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.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Darkest Dungeon® II 2023 · $29M 
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina 2022 · $5.1M 
The Necromancer's Tale 2025 · $690k 
Duskpunk 2025 · $103k 
Golden Krone Hotel 2017 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Darkest Dungeon® II | older | $39.99 | 24,249 74% | 727k | $29M (exactly $29,091,525) | Red Hook Studios |
| | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | older | $11.99 | 14,232 97% | 427k | $5.1M (exactly $5,119,250) | Miro Haverinen |
| | The Necromancer's Tale | $24.99 | 921 91% | 28k | $690k (exactly $690,474) | Psychic Software | |
| | Duskpunk | $19.99 | 171 91% | 5.1k | $103k (exactly $102,549) | Clockwork Bird, James Patton | |
| | Golden Krone Hotel | older | $9.99 | 313 94% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,806) | Vulgat |
 | Naudrion: Fall of The Empire | · EA older | $19.99 | 97 67% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $58,171) | Aleksey Skvortsov |
 | Elminage Gothic | older | $9.99 | 185 67% | 5.6k | $55k (exactly $55,444) | Starfish-SD Inc |
 | Hieroglyphika | older | $9.99 | 143 63% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | M. Hanka |
 | Claymores of the Lost Kingdom | $9.99 | 83 67% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Ultaan Games | |
 | Magissy | $14.99 | 52 46% | 1.6k | $23k (exactly $23,384) | Bit Fat Games | |
 | RAVENSBURG | $14.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Lilian Duleroux | |
 | Throne Requiem | $19.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Michael Richard Lannon | |
 | Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars | $4.99 | 14 35% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Quotix Software | |
 | Witch Stories | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Stephen Scott Day | |
 | 你的猫 | $0.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) | 数鱼工作室 | |
 | 欺心恋曲/亵渎神明的少女 Deceptiive Love Ballad The Blasphemer 偽りの恋の旋律/神を冒涜する少女 | $2.50 | 7 100% | 210 | $525 (exactly $525) | Hjian |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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