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Should I ship a Demon Roguelike Deckbuilder?
Roguelike Deckbuilder + Demons
Only 14 developers shipped a Demon Roguelike Deckbuilder 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, Monster Train 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.0k, ×13 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $6.4M, ×13648 the market median. Revenue is up 2185% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,970) |
| Top 25% | $68k (exactly $68,377) |
| Top 5% | $6.5M (exactly $6,482,656) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 2185% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- effort 3 / 10 · high · deckbuilding rules plus procedural runs
- Demons
- 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
- Roguelike Deckbuilder; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Deckbuilding, Roguelike, Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 9,467 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Roguelike Deckbuilder with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + PhysicsStrong odds
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DiceFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + MythologyFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + CyberpunkLong shot
- + PvPPoor odds
Comparable games
Monster Train 2020 · $15M 
Monster Train 2 2025 · $6.5M 
Book of Demons 2018 · $6.0M 
Last Evil 2020 · $1.1M 
Heretic's Fork 2023 · $928k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Monster Train | older | $24.99 | 19,950 95% | 599k | $15M (exactly $14,956,515) | Shiny Shoe |
| | Monster Train 2 | $24.99 | 8,647 95% | 259k | $6.5M (exactly $6,482,656) | Shiny Shoe | |
| | Book of Demons | older | $24.99 | 8,010 91% | 240k | $6.0M (exactly $6,005,097) | Thing Trunk |
| | Last Evil | older | $9.99 | 3,559 94% | 107k | $1.1M (exactly $1,066,632) | Flametorch |
| | Heretic's Fork | older | $9.99 | 3,097 85% | 93k | $928k (exactly $928,171) | 9FingerGames |
 | Pyrene | older | $14.99 | 676 92% | 20k | $304k (exactly $303,997) | Two Tiny Dice |
 | Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder | older | $19.99 | 244 61% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $146,327) | Black Eye Games |
 | Runeborn | $13.99 | 284 80% | 8.5k | $119k (exactly $119,195) | iDream Interactive | |
 | DIMENSION REIGN - ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDER | · EA older | $17.99 | 207 67% | 6.2k | $112k (exactly $111,718) | ScopeNext Inc |
 | Power Chord | older | $19.99 | 170 71% | 5.1k | $102k (exactly $101,949) | Big Blue Bubble |
 | Malys | $14.99 | 172 79% | 5.2k | $77k (exactly $77,348) | Summerfall Studios | |
 | Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love | $29.99 | 76 92% | 2.3k | $68k (exactly $68,377) | ASa Project | |
 | Learn Japanese: Yuke and the Book of Yokai | $13.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | lpares12 | |
 | Escape the Dynasty | · EA | $9.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | CoolStar Games |
 | Hell Deck | $1.00 | 199 88% | 6.0k | $6.0k (exactly $5,970) | OFFMOON Inc. | |
 | Dice with the Devil | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Krause Games | |
 | Daydam Knight | $1.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Parham | |
 | Deck of Destiny: Battleforge | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Furkan Selcuk |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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