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Should I ship a Demon Traditional Roguelike?
Traditional Roguelike + Demons
Only 14 developers shipped a Demon Traditional Roguelike 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, Jupiter Hell Classic, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×218 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 15 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Top 5% | $103k (exactly $103,431) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 35% 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.
- Traditional Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- 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
- Traditional Roguelike; all of the top 25% also carry Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 468 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Traditional Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + TacticalFair
- + FantasyFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + StrategyFair
Comparable games
Jupiter Hell 2021 · $1.3M 
Tavern of Gods 2021 · $232k 
Endgame of Devil 2023 · $202k 
Jupiter Hell Classic 2025 · EA · $103k 
Lost in Prayer 2025 · EA · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Jupiter Hell | older | $24.99 | 1,795 91% | 54k | $1.3M (exactly $1,345,712) | ChaosForge |
| | Tavern of Gods | older | $9.99 | 775 77% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Element Studio |
| | Endgame of Devil | older | $6.99 | 964 88% | 29k | $202k (exactly $202,151) | MiniWhale |
| | Jupiter Hell Classic | · EA | $14.99 | 230 95% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | ChaosForge |
| | Lost in Prayer | · EA | $19.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $55k (exactly $55,172) | Nine Dots Studio |
 | Deadzoned | · EA | $4.99 | 66 98% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | caiys |
 | DeAnima | $9.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Steelgaze Studio | |
 | Dwarf Looter | older | $5.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | Orbi Universo Team |
 | Cult of Shadows | $14.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Squirrel Tail Games | |
 | Mangui | $5.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) | Damulchi | |
 | Cat Survivors | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ibon Studios | |
 | The Beast Is Yet To Come | · EA | $7.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Mileo.io |
 | Eternal Price: Whispers of Mystery | · EA | $3.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | 逐梦工作室 |
 | HOTSHOTS | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Zelinskiy Mikhail |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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