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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Dungeon Crawler Walking Simulator?

Dungeon Crawler + Walking Simulator

Of 59 developers who shipped a Dungeon Crawler Walking Simulator 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.. 62 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, level with the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is flat on the market; 62 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 62 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Dungeon Crawler + Walking Simulator
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 59
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $748 → $359 → $479 → $480 → $2.5k → $599 (still earning) → $59 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Dungeon Crawler + Walking Simulator: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 59
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $2.5k (exactly $2,514)
Top 5% $35k (exactly $35,463)
Developers, 2 yr 59
Released games 132
Announced 62
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 flat on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Dungeon Crawler
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Walking Simulator
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Dungeon Crawler, Walking Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 54% positive over 4,969 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $480, 1 in 4 over $2.5k, 1 in 20 over $35k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 62 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Time ManagementFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + GamblingFair16 devs · median $7.0k · 17 announced
  3. + DiceFair24 devs · median $5.1k · 32 announced
  4. + Artificial IntelligenceFair29 devs · median $2.3k · 38 announced
  5. + Local Co-OpFair49 devs · median $1.8k · 60 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair65 devs · median $1.0k · 74 announced
  7. + Word GameFair12 devs · median $899 · 15 announced
  8. + ThrillerFair45 devs · median $716 · 46 announced
  9. + Score AttackFair29 devs · median $479 · 33 announced
  10. + MMORPGPoor odds10 devs · median $144k · 80 announced
  11. + DwarvesPoor odds8 devs · median $55k · 30 announced
  12. + Dating SimPoor odds17 devs · median $32k · 42 announced

All 175 pairs on the Dungeon Crawler page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Echoes of Aincrad 2026 · $8.6M Goblin Dungeons 2025 · $157k Spider Queen cave 2023 · $91k Santhai 2022 · $53k Liminal Shroud 2026 · $35k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Echoes of Aincrad $69.99 4,108 47% 123k $8.6M (exactly $8,625,568) Game Studio Inc.
Goblin Dungeons $17.99 291 83% 8.7k $157k (exactly $157,053) Loolust
Spider Queen cave older $18.99 159 40% 4.8k $91k (exactly $90,582) 帅宅快乐屋
Santhai older $12.99 137 89% 4.1k $53k (exactly $53,389) Hardworker Studio, Rachan Neamprasert
Liminal Shroud $12.99 91 89% 2.7k $35k (exactly $35,463) Everdeep Studios
Dungeon Coup older $9.99 75 64% 2.3k $22k (exactly $22,478) Mr Z Games
Unable to Exit 8 older $4.99 139 74% 4.2k $21k (exactly $20,808) Robot
Colony 37 · EA $2.99 224 95% 6.7k $20k (exactly $20,093) Valen
The Backrooms Footage · EA older $7.99 71 66% 2.1k $17k (exactly $17,019) Untold Backrooms Stories
The Backrooms Multiplayer · EA older $8.99 56 39% 1.7k $15k (exactly $15,103) Untold Backrooms Stories
Greenhouse $7.99 41 87% 1.2k $9.8k (exactly $9,828) 7D Games Studio
Vladimere's Lhore $17.99 13 84% 390 $7.0k (exactly $7,016) Vladimere Lhore
Fiendish Quest $9.99 23 73% 690 $6.9k (exactly $6,893) オニチク屋！
Blockmind · EA $1.99 115 78% 3.5k $6.9k (exactly $6,866) Quacky Games
Delivered on Time $2.99 40 65% 1.2k $3.6k (exactly $3,588) PHANTOM PIXEL
Jenny Love You $4.99 23 69% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) Phantom Pixel

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