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Gun Customization + Dungeon Crawler
Of 25 developers who shipped a Gun Customization 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.. 58 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.9k, ×6.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $60k, ×97 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 58 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,171) |
| Top 5% | $61k (exactly $60,884) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 55% on the market, supply 155% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Gun Customization, Dungeon Crawler; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Perma Death, Procedural Generation, Roguelike
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 10,426 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Gun Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ModernPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
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Comparable games
Noita 2020 · $49M 
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
Killsquad 2021 · $2.6M 
Revita 2022 · $884k 
Anima : The Reign of Darkness 2021 · $220k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Noita | older | $19.99 | 81,149 95% | 2.4M | $49M (exactly $48,665,055) | Nolla Games |
| | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
| | Killsquad | older | $29.99 | 2,839 71% | 85k | $2.6M (exactly $2,554,248) | Novarama |
| | Revita | older | $16.99 | 1,734 83% | 52k | $884k (exactly $883,820) | BenStar |
| | Anima : The Reign of Darkness | older | $11.99 | 613 69% | 18k | $220k (exactly $220,496) | Redeev |
 | EVERSLAUGHT | · EA older | $19.99 | 336 61% | 10k | $201k (exactly $201,499) | MobX GmbH |
 | LEVEL UP 80 | older | $39.99 | 99 79% | 3.0k | $119k (exactly $118,770) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Dreadhunter | · EA older | $24.99 | 141 77% | 4.2k | $106k (exactly $105,708) | Trickster Arts |
 | Ogre Chambers 2222 | $7.99 | 254 96% | 7.6k | $61k (exactly $60,884) | ANTENNA GAMES | |
 | Schism | $11.99 | 140 96% | 4.2k | $50k (exactly $50,358) | Fami | |
 | Runehaven | $9.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,664) | Cikoria Studio | |
 | Cosmos point | $12.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Anatoliy Sidorov | |
 | Ascendant | $9.99 | 47 70% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Imagisphere | |
 | Type or Die | $13.99 | 29 31% | 870 | $12k (exactly $12,171) | Type or Die | |
 | M.O.O.D.S. | $12.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | StickyStoneStudio | |
 | Wish Me Well | · EA | $4.99 | 60 81% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Starrow Castles |
 | ZIX | · EA | $9.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Hidden IO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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