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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Roguelite?
Dynamic Narration + Roguelite
Only 10 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Roguelite 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, Endless Dark, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.8k, ×16 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $27k, ×58 the market median. Revenue is up 7670% on the market; 42 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,988) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,566) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 7670% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Roguelite
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration, Roguelite
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 238 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 42 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dynamic Narration with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsStrong odds
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ModernFair
- + TacticalFair
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Word GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Curious Expedition 2 2021 · $2.3M 
Curious Expedition 2016 · $1.8M 
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020 · $1.6M 
Ed-0: Zombie Uprising 2023 · $190k 
Betrayal At Club Low 2022 · $161k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Curious Expedition 2 | older | $19.99 | 3,861 88% | 116k | $2.3M (exactly $2,315,442) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | Curious Expedition | older | $14.99 | 3,951 91% | 119k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,765) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience | older | $19.99 | 2,596 91% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,556,821) | Delve Interactive |
| | Ed-0: Zombie Uprising | older | $29.99 | 211 72% | 6.3k | $190k (exactly $189,837) | LANCARSE |
| | Betrayal At Club Low | older | $9.99 | 538 97% | 16k | $161k (exactly $161,239) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | AETHERIS | older | $24.99 | 166 75% | 5.0k | $124k (exactly $124,450) | WILD WITS |
 | Starr Mazer: DSP | · EA older | $9.99 | 228 68% | 6.8k | $68k (exactly $68,332) | Imagos Softworks, Subpixel Studios |
 | Endless Dark | $7.99 | 115 99% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,566) | Little Light Studios, LLC | |
 | Once Upon a Rogue's Tale | · EA older | $12.49 | 65 92% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $24,356) | PolyPirates UG, Lizard Child |
 | Lethal Honor - Order of the Apocalypse | $24.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $22k (exactly $21,741) | Viral Studios | |
 | Steel Knight's ARMIS | $9.99 | 40 57% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Izanami Game Lab, Inc., FORCES | |
 | Aris Arcanum | $14.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Broken Cane | |
 | The End Grows | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Atopia.studio | |
 | The Cascadier | · EA | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | Enchanted Arcade |
 | Junkyard Universe | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Sarah Dressel | |
 | Struggler | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Bulanke | |
 | Endless Roll | $3.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Hermit Hollow | |
 | Tenfold Tales | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | lapys games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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