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Should I ship a Gothic Deckbuilding?
Deckbuilding + Gothic
Only 18 developers shipped a Gothic Deckbuilding 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, Slots & Daggers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 48 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $15k, ×33 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×3745 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 48 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $659 (exactly $659) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $15,467) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $21,578) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,814) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 48 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
- Gothic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Deckbuilding; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 8,284 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Deckbuilding with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + LogicFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Lost in Random™ 2021 · $4.0M 
Slots & Daggers 2025 · $1.8M 
Erannorth Chronicles 2021 · $256k 
Few Nights More 2025 · $172k 
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch 2025 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lost in Random™ | older | $29.99 | 4,479 88% | 134k | $4.0M (exactly $4,029,756) | Zoink, Thunderful |
| | Slots & Daggers | $7.99 | 7,421 93% | 223k | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,814) | Friedemann | |
| | Erannorth Chronicles | older | $20.99 | 407 85% | 12k | $256k (exactly $256,288) | Spyridon Thalassinos |
| | Few Nights More | $14.99 | 382 81% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Aeterna Ludi | |
| | Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch | $14.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Dvora Studio Co. Ltd. | |
 | Deliverance & Reign | older | $7.99 | 106 80% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,408) | One Up Plus |
 | Claymores of the Lost Kingdom | $9.99 | 83 67% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Ultaan Games | |
 | CARD QUEST | $9.99 | 72 69% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | MEOW STORE GAME | |
 | The Dream Labyrinth | $14.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | GGG`s | |
 | Fortune Seller | $6.99 | 81 85% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,986) | Kiwick | |
 | Summoner's Gambit | $7.99 | 69 52% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Billion Studio | |
 | Ashes of Morgravia | $11.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,467) | background blur. | |
 | Last Bullet | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ToxicByteGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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