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Destruction + Dungeon Crawler
Only 9 developers shipped a Dungeon Crawler 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, Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $7.0M, ×11185 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Top 5% | $7.0M (exactly $7,024,244) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Dungeon Crawler
- 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, Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 6,937 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Destruction with a different second tag, 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
Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition 2026 · $7.0M 
Doomsday Hunters 2023 · $337k 
Isles of Etherion 2022 · EA · $23k 
ARKOS 2 2025 · $13k 
Underland 2021 · $6.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition | $39.99 | 5,855 86% | 176k | $7.0M (exactly $7,024,244) | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | |
| | Doomsday Hunters | older | $15.99 | 703 89% | 21k | $337k (exactly $337,229) | Moregames |
| | Isles of Etherion | · EA older | $19.99 | 38 60% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Luna Orion |
| | ARKOS 2 | $12.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $13k (exactly $13,250) | RetroSouls | |
| | Underland | older | $1.99 | 116 86% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,925) | Minicactus Games |
 | ! That Bastard Is Trying To Steal Our Gold ! | older | $2.99 | 68 55% | 2.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,100) | WTFOMGames |
 | Dread Protocol | · EA | $7.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Meat Lab |
 | Monster Crawl | older | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Purple Button |
 | Underland: The Climb | older | $1.99 | 47 95% | 1.4k | $2.8k (exactly $2,806) | Minicactus Games |
 | DOG'S DONUTS | older | $1.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,149) | Robotizar Games |
 | Digger Beach | $4.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Makatski | |
 | Zelash: Dash and Slash | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Chris Aceto | |
 | Blitz Smash Ultimate | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Matt Concepts | |
 | 701病房 | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Shuo Xu | |
 | Pug Trouble | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Karlis Zabers | |
 | The Curse of the Demon Tree | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Penny Ghost Studios LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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