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Should I ship a Gambling Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Gambling
Only 16 developers shipped a Gambling 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, Sol Cesto, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.0k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 17 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) |
| Top 25% | $82k (exactly $81,989) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $2,030,509) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler, Gambling
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 9,297 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 17 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DiceFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Word GameFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + DwarvesPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Sol Cesto 2026 · $2.0M 
Dungeon Clawler 2026 · $1.7M 
Dicealot 2025 · $98k 
Slot & Dungeons 2026 · $82k 
Lucky Hero 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sol Cesto | $13.99 | 4,838 91% | 145k | $2.0M (exactly $2,030,509) | Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospir… (Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale) | |
| | Dungeon Clawler | $14.99 | 3,716 88% | 111k | $1.7M (exactly $1,671,085) | Stray Fawn Studio | |
| | Dicealot | $14.99 | 218 78% | 6.5k | $98k (exactly $98,035) | goodviewgames | |
| | Slot & Dungeons | $8.99 | 304 83% | 9.1k | $82k (exactly $81,989) | MUC GAMES | |
| | Lucky Hero | older | $10.99 | 88 80% | 2.6k | $29k (exactly $29,014) | mora churrasco studio |
 | Spinny Dungeon | $9.99 | 92 91% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,572) | Typing Monkey | |
 | Chasing the Dawn / CTD | $8.99 | 54 98% | 1.6k | $15k (exactly $14,564) | Wave Games | |
 | Ribbit Rogue | $9.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | King Krab Games | |
 | Plinko Panic! | · EA older | $7.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $8.6k (exactly $8,629) | AcidicDuck |
 | Roulette Dungeon | $8.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | Hooded Traveler Games | |
 | Dungeon Trail | $7.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | My Brother And I Make Games | |
 | Slot or Die | $13.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,259) | cr0cq |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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