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Should I ship a Tabletop Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + Tabletop
Of 41 developers who shipped a Tabletop Dungeon Crawler 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.. 57 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×787 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 57 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) |
| Top 5% | $374k (exactly $373,817) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 124 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler, Tabletop; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $22.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $22.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,009 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 30 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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- + MMORPGPoor odds
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Comparable games
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 2013 · $5.7M 
Demeo 2021 · $2.0M 
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition 2014 · $1.9M 
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked 2025 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | older | $29.99 | 11,279 91% | 338k | $10M (exactly $10,147,716) | Bulwark Studios |
| | Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 9,478 92% | 284k | $5.7M (exactly $5,683,957) | Beamdog |
| | Demeo | older | $39.99 | 1,703 87% | 51k | $2.0M (exactly $2,043,089) | Resolution Games |
| | Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,107 91% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,863,268) | Beamdog |
| | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games | |
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 | Munchkin Digital | older | $14.99 | 1,352 76% | 41k | $608k (exactly $607,994) | Dire Wolf |
 | ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) | older | $14.99 | 1,253 86% | 38k | $563k (exactly $563,474) | Thomas Biskup, Jochen Terstiege, Zeno R… (Thomas Biskup, Jochen Terstiege, Zeno Rogue, Krzysztof Dycha, Lucas Dieguez) |
 | Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG | older | $29.99 | 592 95% | 18k | $533k (exactly $532,622) | D20Studios |
 | Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent | $34.99 | 441 75% | 13k | $463k (exactly $462,918) | Artefacts Studio, Shine Group | |
 | Clank! | $22.99 | 542 92% | 16k | $374k (exactly $373,817) | Dire Wolf | |
 | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
 | Dark Quest 4 | $19.99 | 136 75% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
 | Project: AHNO's Ark | $12.99 | 120 92% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | PHOSEPO | |
 | Pairs & Perils | $9.99 | 135 77% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | Little Horror Studios | |
 | Below the Crown | $14.99 | 64 96% | 1.9k | $29k (exactly $28,781) | Misfits Attic | |
 | I Had a Plan! | $19.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Benevolent Banana Studio | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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