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Should I ship a Split Screen Dungeon Crawler?
Split Screen + Dungeon Crawler
Only 8 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, DunHero, 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, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×228 the market median. Revenue is up 260% on the market; 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $267 (exactly $267) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $58k (exactly $57,698) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen, Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 25,326 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Darksiders Genesis 2019 · $9.3M 
Barony 2015 · $7.6M 
Fight The Dragon 2014 · $298k 
DunHero 2026 · $143k 
Amelia and the Erotic Tentacle Trap Dungeon 2025 · EA · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Darksiders Genesis | older | $29.99 | 10,379 82% | 311k | $9.3M (exactly $9,337,986) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Barony | older | $19.99 | 12,714 90% | 381k | $7.6M (exactly $7,624,586) | Turning Wheel LLC |
| | Fight The Dragon | older | $9.99 | 993 78% | 30k | $298k (exactly $297,602) | 3 Sprockets |
| | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
| | Amelia and the Erotic Tentacle Trap Dungeon | · EA | $10.99 | 175 66% | 5.3k | $58k (exactly $57,698) | Studio SilverMoon |
 | Outbreak | older | $9.99 | 103 66% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Room 301 NO.6 | older | $3.99 | 217 90% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $25,975) | Inter Frame Studio |
 | Crawlers and Brawlers | older | $7.99 | 44 75% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $10,547) | Ugly Beard Games, LLC |
 | Endorlight | older | $0.99 | 147 55% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,366) | Old Games |
 | Legends of Pixelia | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SimaGames |
 | RAGDOLL UNIVERSE | · EA | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | MageC |
 | Dang Darn Island | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Dang Darn Games | |
 | Questwood | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Lyrical Games | |
 | Dungeon Tracer | $0.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $267 (exactly $267) | ROOT GAMES | |
 | Vault Vandals | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Elusive Drafts | |
 | LowPolygonTeam | · EA | $5.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gorson Pitrón |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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