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Should I ship a Dwarf Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Dwarves
Only 8 developers shipped a Dwarf Dungeon Crawler 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, Dwarven Realms, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $55k, ×88 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $850k, ×1360 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 30 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
|---|---|
| Median | $55k (exactly $55,048) |
| Top 25% | $233k (exactly $233,283) |
| Top 5% | $854k (exactly $854,145) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dwarves
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 16,863 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.9k. 30 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ThrillerFair
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- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014 · $2.9M 
Dwarven Realms 2024 · $854k 
Rampage Knights 2015 · $849k 
Warhammer Quest (Classic) 2015 · $807k 
Regions Of Ruin 2018 · $709k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Might & Magic X - Legacy | older | $29.99 | 3,178 65% | 95k | $2.9M (exactly $2,859,247) | Ubisoft |
| | Dwarven Realms | $9.99 | 2,850 81% | 86k | $854k (exactly $854,145) | Crater Studios | |
| | Rampage Knights | older | $12.99 | 2,179 93% | 65k | $849k (exactly $849,156) | Rake in Grass |
| | Warhammer Quest (Classic) | older | $29.99 | 897 71% | 27k | $807k (exactly $807,031) | Rodeo Games, Twistplay |
| | Regions Of Ruin | older | $11.99 | 1,972 84% | 59k | $709k (exactly $709,328) | Gameclaw Studio |
 | Dungeon Siege II | older | $6.99 | 2,645 76% | 79k | $555k (exactly $554,656) | Gas Powered Games |
 | Desktop Dungeons | older | $14.99 | 1,134 88% | 34k | $510k (exactly $509,960) | QCF Design |
 | We Are The Dwarves | older | $14.99 | 1,072 75% | 32k | $482k (exactly $482,078) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Dungeon Lords Steam Edition | older | $14.99 | 603 79% | 18k | $271k (exactly $271,169) | Heuristic Park |
 | Deity Empires | older | $24.99 | 333 86% | 10k | $250k (exactly $249,650) | BaileyHausdorff Systems |
 | Regions of Ruin: Runegate | $19.99 | 389 84% | 12k | $233k (exactly $233,283) | Gameclaw Studio | |
 | Gargadusa's Tower | $8.99 | 294 90% | 8.8k | $79k (exactly $79,292) | The Math Team | |
 | Dverghold | · EA | $16.99 | 108 95% | 3.2k | $55k (exactly $55,048) | Team Sorgarn |
 | Dwarf Delve | $12.99 | 33 33% | 990 | $13k (exactly $12,860) | Gloom Box | |
 | Seeker of the Ruins | $8.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | LionEY Games | |
 | Evershard: Heroes of Gallan's Landing | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Herculean Studios |
 | Samgood Chronicles DragonFall | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | sammy chainsaws studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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