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Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler Economy game?
Economy + Dungeon Crawler
Of 23 developers who shipped a Dungeon Crawler Economy game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×681 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 33 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,160) |
| Top 25% | $48k (exactly $47,976) |
| Top 5% | $428k (exactly $427,972) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 185% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Economy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Economy, Dungeon Crawler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, RPG
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 4,542 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Economy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + ScienceFair
- + MiningFair
- + LootFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + God GameFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
Comparable games
Dungeon Tycoon 2024 · $662k 
Fell & Sell 2026 · $428k 
Monsters Domain 2024 · $163k 
Shelter Manager 2021 · $113k 
Miseria 2026 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeon Tycoon | $14.99 | 1,472 78% | 44k | $662k (exactly $661,958) | Lunheim Studios | |
| | Fell & Sell | $9.99 | 1,428 84% | 43k | $428k (exactly $427,972) | Art Games Studio S.A. | |
| | Monsters Domain | older | $19.99 | 272 34% | 8.2k | $163k (exactly $163,118) | G-DEVS.com |
| | Shelter Manager | older | $14.99 | 251 62% | 7.5k | $113k (exactly $112,875) | Hamsters Gaming |
| | Miseria | $7.99 | 350 58% | 11k | $84k (exactly $83,895) | Somnambulist Games | |
 | Mega Mall Story | older | $8.99 | 302 94% | 9.1k | $81k (exactly $81,449) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Gargadusa's Tower | $8.99 | 294 90% | 8.8k | $79k (exactly $79,292) | The Math Team | |
 | Piñata Go Boom | $3.99 | 652 91% | 20k | $78k (exactly $78,044) | tissue inu | |
 | Dungeons & Kingdoms | · EA | $19.99 | 80 40% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | Uncle Grouch Gaming |
 | Island Paradise | $14.99 | 79 77% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | GSG | |
 | Merchant in Dungeon | $8.99 | 84 76% | 2.5k | $23k (exactly $22,655) | HexGameStudio | |
 | Crafter's Hollow | $9.99 | 69 53% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,679) | Wylde Wisp Games | |
 | Long Live My Lady! 🍻 Tavern Simulator | $6.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | sudo eat cake |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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