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Should I ship a Wuxia Exploration game?
Exploration + Wuxia
Only 12 developers shipped a Wuxia Exploration game 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, Path of Kung Fu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $190k, ×306 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $27k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×3494 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $26k (exactly $26,347) |
|---|---|
| Median | $192k (exactly $192,122) |
| Top 25% | $634k (exactly $634,151) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,194,536) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Exploration
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Wuxia
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Exploration
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 12,082 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $27k. 35 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Exploration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + SpaceshipsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + FMVPoor odds
- + FarmingPoor odds
- + Job SimulatorPoor odds
Comparable games
Fate Seeker II 2021 · $7.7M 
下一站江湖Ⅱ 2024 · $6.4M 
Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun 2024 · $2.3M 
Path of Kung Fu 2025 · $2.2M 
JIANGHU CHRONICLES 2025 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fate Seeker II | older | $22.60 | 11,360 88% | 341k | $7.7M (exactly $7,702,080) | JSL Entertainment |
| | 下一站江湖Ⅱ | older | $24.99 | 8,507 72% | 255k | $6.4M (exactly $6,377,698) | 白玉京工作室 |
| | Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun | older | $19.99 | 3,829 66% | 115k | $2.3M (exactly $2,296,251) | ZUIJIANGYUE Game |
| | Path of Kung Fu | $14.99 | 4,880 72% | 146k | $2.2M (exactly $2,194,536) | 游鲤化龙工作室 | |
| | JIANGHU CHRONICLES | $17.99 | 2,046 70% | 61k | $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226) | 一品阁 | |
 | 梦江湖 | older | $19.99 | 1,349 50% | 40k | $809k (exactly $808,995) | 侠客工作室 |
 | Destiny of Immortal | · EA | $11.99 | 1,763 80% | 53k | $634k (exactly $634,151) | LeiYun Games |
 | 侠影录 | $14.99 | 1,065 75% | 32k | $479k (exactly $478,930) | 朽木工作室 | |
 | Halcyon Days at Taoyuan | $11.99 | 1,089 89% | 33k | $392k (exactly $391,713) | BotanX | |
 | 侠落：百花杀尽 | $12.99 | 493 70% | 15k | $192k (exactly $192,122) | 上海江湖逸客信息技术有限公司 | |
 | Stack to Ascension | $12.99 | 331 54% | 9.9k | $129k (exactly $128,991) | Stack to Ascension | |
 | Elder Ring | · EA | $9.99 | 230 40% | 6.9k | $69k (exactly $68,931) | Funny as Hell |
 | 山河小侠 | $4.99 | 176 82% | 5.3k | $26k (exactly $26,347) | 小弟阿金 | |
 | Legend of Swords II | $2.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | CWGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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