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Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler Stealth game?

Stealth + Dungeon Crawler

Of 55 developers who shipped a Dungeon Crawler Stealth game 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.. 109 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $720k, ×1152 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 109 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 40% on the market, 109 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Stealth + Dungeon Crawler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 55
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.0k → $861 → $418 → $1.6k → $1.3k → $599 → $24k (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Stealth + Dungeon Crawler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 55
Bottom 30% $267 (exactly $267)
Median $899 (exactly $899)
Top 25% $12k (exactly $11,870)
Top 5% $724k (exactly $723,605)
Developers, 2 yr 55
Released games 133
Announced 109
Effort 6 / 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 down 40% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Stealth
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Dungeon Crawler
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Stealth, Dungeon Crawler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Dark
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 151,883 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $900, 1 in 4 over $11k, 1 in 20 over $720k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 109 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Stealth with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + JRPGFair7 devs · median $1.3k · 12 announced
  2. + World War IIPoor odds11 devs · median $43k · 14 announced
  3. + LGBTQ+Poor odds19 devs · median $30k · 30 announced
  4. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds8 devs · median $27k · 31 announced
  5. + WargamePoor odds10 devs · median $21k · 39 announced
  6. + DinosaursPoor odds10 devs · median $17k · 23 announced
  7. + Gun CustomizationPoor odds20 devs · median $13k · 63 announced
  8. + Base BuildingPoor odds21 devs · median $13k · 57 announced
  9. + Cold WarPoor odds7 devs · median $10k · 31 announced
  10. + HistoricalPoor odds32 devs · median $9.6k · 76 announced
  11. + MilitaryPoor odds43 devs · median $8.5k · 122 announced
  12. + WarPoor odds30 devs · median $7.6k · 89 announced

All 159 pairs on the Stealth page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Escape the Backrooms 2025 · $41M YAPYAP 2026 · $2.5M Demeo 2021 · $2.0M Cogmind 2017 · EA · $1.2M Emissary Zero 2025 · $724k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Escape the Backrooms $9.99 137,315 90% 4.1M $41M (exactly $41,153,306) Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
YAPYAP $9.99 8,385 83% 252k $2.5M (exactly $2,512,984) Maison Bap
Demeo older $39.99 1,703 87% 51k $2.0M (exactly $2,043,089) Resolution Games
Cogmind · EA older $24.99 1,560 95% 47k $1.2M (exactly $1,169,532) Grid Sage Games
Emissary Zero $8.99 2,683 83% 80k $724k (exactly $723,605) Rone Vine
Goblin Vyke: The Thief Tycoon $14.99 1,397 70% 42k $628k (exactly $628,231) Art Thieves
Underworld Ascendant older $29.99 697 41% 21k $627k (exactly $627,091) OtherSide Entertainment
Arx Fatalis older $4.99 2,443 87% 73k $366k (exactly $365,717) Arkane Studios
The Agnietta ~The holy healer & the cursed dungeon~ older $9.99 1,054 82% 32k $316k (exactly $315,884) B-flat
The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot $9.99 999 98% 30k $299k (exactly $299,400) Stéphane Le Roy
Forsaken Frontiers $14.99 400 82% 12k $180k (exactly $179,880) made in fairyland
Caput Mortum $11.99 355 94% 11k $128k (exactly $127,694) WildArts Games
INTO EVIL · EA $14.99 106 92% 3.2k $48k (exactly $47,668) Mind's Eye Games
Deadly Delivery $9.99 152 89% 4.6k $46k (exactly $45,554) Flat Head Studio
SAVE · EA $11.99 91 48% 2.7k $33k (exactly $32,733) Influsion Inc.

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.