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Should I ship a Historical Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Historical
Of 28 developers who shipped a Historical 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.. 39 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×2240 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 39 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,679) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,406,437) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 72 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 21,805 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GamblingFair
- + DiceFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Word GameFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + DwarvesPoor odds
Comparable games
Titan Quest II 2025 · EA · $18M 
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII 2020 · $8.9M 
Three Kingdoms Mushouden 2025 · $1.4M 
JIANGHU CHRONICLES 2025 · $1.1M 
The Forgotten Concluder 2023 · $670k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Titan Quest II | · EA | $34.99 | 17,398 81% | 522k | $18M (exactly $18,262,681) | Grimlore Games |
| | Xuan-Yuan Sword VII | older | $34.99 | 8,490 62% | 255k | $8.9M (exactly $8,911,953) | SOFTSTAR, DOMO Studio |
| | Three Kingdoms Mushouden | $24.99 | 1,876 72% | 56k | $1.4M (exactly $1,406,437) | NanBei Studio | |
| | JIANGHU CHRONICLES | $17.99 | 2,046 70% | 61k | $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226) | 一品阁 | |
| | The Forgotten Concluder | older | $24.99 | 894 74% | 27k | $670k (exactly $670,232) | Kunpo Games |
 | Samurai Bringer | older | $9.99 | 1,012 87% | 30k | $303k (exactly $303,296) | ALPHAWING Inc. |
 | Metro Simulator 2 | older | $14.99 | 674 65% | 20k | $303k (exactly $303,098) | KishMish Games |
 | Mirror of Heaven | older | $9.25 | 995 79% | 30k | $276k (exactly $276,112) | EnjoyPlay Ltd |
 | Castle Morihisa | older | $14.99 | 348 66% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | Smokingbear Studio |
 | Blade&Sword | older | $5.99 | 726 66% | 22k | $130k (exactly $130,462) | Beijing Pixel Software Technology Joint… (Beijing Pixel Software Technology Joint-Stock Co.,Ltd.) |
 | Museum No.9 | $9.99 | 208 75% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $62,338) | YaoYi Technology | |
 | Native Hunter | $17.99 | 58 72% | 1.7k | $31k (exactly $31,303) | A.P.S | |
 | The Hidden Scrolls | $9.99 | 94 69% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Red Dragon Studio | |
 | Blade & Sword 2: Ancient Legend | $6.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $15k (exactly $14,679) | Beijing Pixel Software Technology Joint… (Beijing Pixel Software Technology Joint-Stock Co.,Ltd.) | |
 | Millennium Strategy | $14.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | MiMo Games | |
 | Navigating The Labyrinth | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dragon Dropper | |
 | The end of paradise | $7.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | The Salty Trio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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