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Should I ship a Demon Idler?
Idler + Demons
Of 30 developers who shipped a Demon Idler 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.. 34 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 215% on the market; 34 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
| Top 5% | $29k (exactly $29,326) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 215% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Idler; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Incremental, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,083 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Idler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashFair
- + DrivingFair
- + LootFair
- + FPSFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + SwordplayFair
Comparable games
Melvor Idle 2021 · $4.4M 
Loot Tycoon 2026 · EA · $114k 
Sex with Succubus ❤️🔥 2023 · $53k 
Family curse 2023 · $47k 
Succubus: SEX Story 2023 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Melvor Idle | older | $9.99 | 14,630 90% | 439k | $4.4M (exactly $4,384,611) | Games by Malcs |
| | Loot Tycoon | · EA | $6.99 | 544 71% | 16k | $114k (exactly $114,077) | Parallel Portal |
| | Sex with Succubus ❤️🔥 | older | $9.99 | 176 50% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $52,747) | Octo Games |
| | Family curse | older | $6.99 | 222 90% | 6.7k | $47k (exactly $46,553) | Stork Game |
| | Succubus: SEX Story | older | $9.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,664) | Octo Games |
 | The Sin | older | $4.99 | 222 87% | 6.7k | $33k (exactly $33,233) | Baba Nura |
 | Night Mysteries: The Amphora Prisoner | older | $10.99 | 90 63% | 2.7k | $30k (exactly $29,673) | Anvate Games |
 | Dungeon Devotion | $3.99 | 245 83% | 7.4k | $29k (exactly $29,326) | Pink Tea | |
 | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
 | Kingdom of Lust | · EA | $12.99 | 62 64% | 1.9k | $24k (exactly $24,161) | Alienguy |
 | Yollen | $3.99 | 112 66% | 3.4k | $13k (exactly $13,406) | axilirate | |
 | EmyLiveShow: Demons & Mistresses Tale | $10.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $9.9k (exactly $9,891) | Team Emily | |
 | BreakEven - Idle | · EA | $4.99 | 39 58% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | NKnives |
 | The Heresy of Gibur | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Paper-Dolls-Game-studio, Towndarktales | |
 | Kimono Cats | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | HumaNature Studios | |
 | The Exorcist | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Necto | |
 | Bottomless Pit Supervisor | $4.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | sudo make |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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