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Should I ship a Dwarf Tower Defense?
Tower Defense + Dwarves
Only 10 developers shipped a Dwarf Tower Defense 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, Gnomes, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.7k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $3.5k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.0 per shipper.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,058) |
| Top 5% | $527k (exactly $526,573) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 800% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dwarves
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tower Defense
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,281 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tower Defense with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Gun CustomizationFair
- + LogicFair
- + On-Rails ShooterFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
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Comparable games
Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022 · $189M 
Craft The World 2014 · $8.6M 
Gnomes 2025 · $527k 
Dwarfs!? 2011 · $193k 
Hold The Mine 2026 · EA · $152k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: WARHAMMER III | older | $59.99 | 104,822 71% | 3.1M | $189M (exactly $188,648,153) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive |
| | Craft The World | older | $18.99 | 15,074 88% | 452k | $8.6M (exactly $8,587,658) | Dekovir Entertainment, Sibear Games |
| | Gnomes | $9.99 | 1,757 94% | 53k | $527k (exactly $526,573) | DYSTOPIAN | |
| | Dwarfs!? | older | $9.99 | 644 79% | 19k | $193k (exactly $193,007) | Power of 2 |
| | Hold The Mine | · EA | $14.99 | 338 83% | 10k | $152k (exactly $151,999) | Hookaria Games |
 | Aurora Dusk: Steam Age | older | $9.99 | 298 82% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,311) | Sylvain Harlaut |
 | Digs TD | older | $19.99 | 76 67% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Digs Team |
 | Gem Miner TD | $12.99 | 72 97% | 2.2k | $28k (exactly $28,058) | iFeral Games | |
 | 300 Dwarves | older | $6.99 | 66 53% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $13,840) | Artifex Mundi |
 | Into the Slimy Mines | $12.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $10k (exactly $10,132) | Ant Workshop Ltd | |
 | Deepstone Rift | · EA | $4.99 | 45 68% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Northend Games |
 | Dungeon Bomber | $3.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | 作っちゃうおじさん/TUKUCHAU-OJISAN | |
 | Heroes Suck | $19.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Dawning Light | |
 | Robugs | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Marcin Rodzon | |
 | Dwarven Rails | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kogekisaru | |
 | Dwarven Rampart | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Alaabale |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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