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Should I ship a Farming Sim Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Farming Sim
Of 21 developers who shipped a Farming Sim Dungeon Crawler 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.. 44 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.1k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×317 the market median. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 44 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,186) |
| Top 5% | $151k (exactly $150,650) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 65% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Farming Sim
- 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
- Dungeon Crawler, Farming Sim; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Building, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 2,623 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ZombiesFair
- + Word GameFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + DwarvesPoor odds
Comparable games
Return from Core 2025 · $826k 
Planet Lust 2026 · $151k 
Museum No.9 2025 · $62k 
Santhai 2022 · $53k 
Nimbit Frontier 2026 · EA · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Return from Core | $16.99 | 1,620 75% | 49k | $826k (exactly $825,714) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
| | Planet Lust | $14.99 | 335 76% | 10k | $151k (exactly $150,650) | Skullgear | |
| | Museum No.9 | $9.99 | 208 75% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $62,338) | YaoYi Technology | |
| | Santhai | older | $12.99 | 137 89% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $53,389) | Hardworker Studio, Rachan Neamprasert |
| | Nimbit Frontier | · EA | $13.99 | 113 97% | 3.4k | $47k (exactly $47,426) | Megasploot |
 | Island Paradise | $14.99 | 79 77% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,526) | GSG | |
 | Grimoire Groves | $19.99 | 47 82% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,186) | Stardust | |
 | Besmirch | · EA | $9.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Gangru Games |
 | Dreaming Isles | $6.99 | 79 51% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | YawningDad | |
 | 白马非马 a white horse is not a horse | · EA older | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 卧熊工作室 |
 | Giant’s Heart | $9.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | sqqqwer | |
 | Deep Despair 3 | · EA | $8.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $7.8k (exactly $7,821) | BekkerDev Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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