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Should I ship a Demon Destruction game?
Destruction + Demons
Only 15 developers shipped a Demon Destruction 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, Wartorn, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×5.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 46 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $136k (exactly $136,461) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 440% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Destruction
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Destruction; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Roguelite, Action Roguelike
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 8 games average 72% positive over 246 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Destruction with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Space SimFair
- + ModernFair
- + God GameFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance 2024 · $14M 
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition 2022 · $5.8M 
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy 2019 · $2.2M 
Wartorn 2025 · $136k 
DOOMBRINGER 2021 · EA · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | older | $59.99 | 7,858 91% | 236k | $14M (exactly $14,142,043) | ATLUS |
| | Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 4,820 69% | 145k | $5.8M (exactly $5,782,554) | Flying Wild Hog |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy | older | $24.99 | 2,884 79% | 87k | $2.2M (exactly $2,162,135) | NeocoreGames |
| | Wartorn | $34.99 | 130 73% | 3.9k | $136k (exactly $136,461) | Stray Kite Studios | |
| | DOOMBRINGER | · EA older | $14.99 | 60 78% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | Anomic Games |
 | Yogurt Commercial 3 | older | $9.99 | 62 98% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Epic Banana Games LLC |
 | Gem Wizards Tactics | older | $9.99 | 50 76% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Keith Burgun Games |
 | Lichgate: Tower Survivor | $6.99 | 57 75% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,953) | Sun Lion Games | |
 | Castle of Vania | $10.99 | 35 48% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,540) | Succubus Factory | |
 | SKULL CHAINZ | older | $9.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Chaoclypse |
 | DOOM SPIRAL | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Forbidden Saucery | |
 | Bat Blast! | $7.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Cyan Sundae | |
 | Warlock Survivors | $14.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | XPHUNT | |
 | Pyrosynchist | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Orb Weaver Games | |
 | The Curse of the Demon Tree | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Penny Ghost Studios LLC | |
 | Heroes of Higher Realms | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DreamMasters Studio | |
 | Alpha Trashman Antoine | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ubihard Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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