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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Quick-Time Events
Only 16 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events 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, Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,259) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,050) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 15% on the market, supply 65% 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
- Quick-Time Events
- 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, Quick-Time Events; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Roguelike, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Nonlinear
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 279 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory 2026 · $50k 
Ragnar 2026 · $27k 
Type or Die 2026 · $12k 
The Way of Cooking 2024 · $2.9k 
Damsels of Vice 2022 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory | $9.99 | 167 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,050) | Kinky Business Group | |
| | Ragnar | $14.99 | 61 83% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Fimbulwinter Games | |
| | Type or Die | $13.99 | 29 31% | 870 | $12k (exactly $12,171) | Type or Die | |
| | The Way of Cooking | older | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | 大连酷码星数字科技有限公司 |
| | Damsels of Vice | older | $9.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Overlord Empire LLC |
 | The shadow of the evil tower | older | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | TitaniumCore Game |
 | Moving Shadows | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Ethan Harris-Austin |
 | Slot or Die | $13.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,259) | cr0cq | |
 | Who Are You? | older | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Seasonbean Team |
 | Roxanne The Forgotten Path | $11.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Steven Meza, MarosGraphic 7 | |
 | Escape from Spikes | $1.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | Biversen, Ytsejam Game | |
 | Ethereal Fracture | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Rubén Arranz | |
 | 10 Blaze Escape | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Sudan Minami | |
 | MandarinMastermind | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | J.Chen |
 | Roguemaze Ultimate | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | SeaMelon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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