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Should I ship a Martial-Arts Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Martial Arts
Only 11 developers shipped a Martial-Arts 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, JIANGHU CHRONICLES, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.8k, ×16 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.1M, ×1758 the market median. Revenue is up 4300% on the market; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) |
| Top 25% | $47k (exactly $46,784) |
| Top 5% | $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 4300% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,916 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.7k. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
Xuan-Yuan Sword VII 2020 · $8.9M 
JIANGHU CHRONICLES 2025 · $1.1M 
The Forgotten Concluder 2023 · $670k 
Mirror of Heaven 2024 · $276k 
Backpack Jianghu 2026 · $237k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Xuan-Yuan Sword VII | older | $34.99 | 8,490 62% | 255k | $8.9M (exactly $8,911,953) | SOFTSTAR, DOMO 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 |
| | Mirror of Heaven | older | $9.25 | 995 79% | 30k | $276k (exactly $276,112) | EnjoyPlay Ltd |
| | Backpack Jianghu | $13.99 | 565 80% | 17k | $237k (exactly $237,130) | 背包工作室 | |
 | Sword and Fairy 2 | older | $5.99 | 1,237 88% | 37k | $222k (exactly $222,289) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
 | Class of Heroes 3 Remaster | $29.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $47k (exactly $46,784) | ACQUIRE Corp., Zerodiv | |
 | Rasetsu Fumaden | older | $17.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $23k (exactly $22,667) | exeCUTE |
 | 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.) | |
 | 小小无常 Little Wu Chang | $12.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $14,029) | 小小无常游戏工作室 | |
 | Idle Xanxia | · EA | $3.99 | 82 81% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Cezae |
 | Dustless | $5.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $7.0k (exactly $7,008) | 神刀之死 | |
 | Zodiac Mountain | · EA | $12.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Mystic Road |
 | The Long Way Up | · EA | $5.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Flytel |
 | Brawlers of Duality | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Polar Dewality Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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