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Should I ship a Dragon Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Dragons
Only 4 developers shipped a Dragon Walking Simulator in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.0k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 5% | $631k (exactly $631,042) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 237,347 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WarFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 2016 · $263M 
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR 2018 · $16M 
CastleMiner Z 2014 · $1.4M 
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy 2025 · $631k 
Drizzlepath: Genie 2016 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | older | $39.99 | 219,271 94% | 6.6M | $263M (exactly $263,059,419) | Bethesda Game Studios |
| | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR | older | $59.99 | 9,129 74% | 274k | $16M (exactly $16,429,461) | Bethesda Game Studios |
| | CastleMiner Z | older | $5.99 | 7,939 83% | 238k | $1.4M (exactly $1,426,638) | DigitalDNA Games |
| | Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy | $39.99 | 526 90% | 16k | $631k (exactly $631,042) | Microids Studio Paris | |
| | Drizzlepath: Genie | older | $3.99 | 158 55% | 4.7k | $19k (exactly $18,913) | Tonguç Bodur |
 | Rift's Cave | older | $4.99 | 93 68% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,922) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Dragon Audit | older | $9.99 | 44 97% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Archive Entertainment |
 | The Exile of Aphrodisia (2023) | older | $14.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Blue Fairy Media LLC |
 | The Hunting God | older | $1.99 | 139 65% | 4.2k | $8.3k (exactly $8,298) | Tonguç Bodur |
 | Wilderless: Meadowfell | $7.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Protopop | |
 | DarkShine | · EA | $3.00 | 5 100% | 150 | $450 (exactly $450) | DScorp |
 | Assassin of Dragon | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Saylor Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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