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Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler Sports game?
Sports + Dungeon Crawler
Only 7 developers shipped a Dungeon Crawler Sports game 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, Helskate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.4k against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) |
| Top 25% | $108k (exactly $107,973) |
| Top 5% | $226k (exactly $225,660) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 5 |
| 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 up 145% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- 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
- Sports, Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,902 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Visual NovelFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + FMVFair
- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Cursed to Golf 2022 · $416k 
Helskate 2025 · $226k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k 
TurboJoy 2025 · $108k 
House of Lizards 2023 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cursed to Golf | older | $19.99 | 693 70% | 21k | $416k (exactly $415,592) | Chuhai Labs |
| | Helskate | $24.99 | 301 65% | 9.0k | $226k (exactly $225,660) | Phantom Coast | |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
| | TurboJoy | $39.99 | 90 93% | 2.7k | $108k (exactly $107,973) | TurboJo | |
| | House of Lizards | older | $0.99 | 405 85% | 12k | $12k (exactly $12,028) | Ancient Russ |
 | Border Patrol | older | $5.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | qianmo interact |
 | Neon Sunset | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Active Mummy | older | $4.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | RENFALC |
 | 池畔追思 Poolcore Reflection | · EA older | $1.99 | 53 71% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | 搞机居委会 |
 | Gachi Dungeon Master | older | $2.99 | 32 96% | 960 | $2.9k (exactly $2,870) | Slippy Floor |
 | Error_Boy.exe | $8.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | WalnutPunch | |
 | Home | · EA | $18.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shenzhen Yiling Industrial Design Center |
 | Miolhr Wrestling League The Game | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Miolhr Company | |
 | WreckingBall | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Desperate Gamedev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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