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Should I ship a Female-Led Traditional Roguelike?
Traditional Roguelike + Female Protagonist
Only 15 developers shipped a Female-Led Traditional Roguelike 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, Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×6.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.5k. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 19 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,029) |
| Top 5% | $573k (exactly $572,771) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 15% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Traditional Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Traditional Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Roguelike, Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Top-Down, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,613 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Traditional Roguelike with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Procedural GenerationFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + TacticalFair
- + FantasyFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + StrategyFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
Comparable games
Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- 2018 · $1.8M 
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die 2025 · $573k 
Tangledeep 2018 · $483k 
House of Necrosis 2025 · $209k 
Blazing Aries 2022 · $209k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- | older | $34.99 | 1,734 93% | 52k | $1.8M (exactly $1,820,180) | AQUASTYLE |
| | Lost in Random: The Eternal Die | $24.99 | 764 84% | 23k | $573k (exactly $572,771) | Stormteller Games | |
| | Tangledeep | older | $14.99 | 1,075 82% | 32k | $483k (exactly $483,428) | Impact Gameworks |
| | House of Necrosis | $11.99 | 581 94% | 17k | $209k (exactly $208,986) | Warkus | |
| | Blazing Aries | older | $18.99 | 366 87% | 11k | $209k (exactly $208,510) | Kuroto Zakka |
 | Shattered Planet | older | $14.99 | 406 68% | 12k | $183k (exactly $182,578) | Kitfox Games |
 | Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? | older | $17.99 | 118 79% | 3.5k | $64k (exactly $63,685) | Atelier Wanko |
 | HoloDungeon: Koyori vs HollowLive in Honsha Tower | · EA | $12.99 | 84 72% | 2.5k | $33k (exactly $32,735) | VELUX STUDIO |
 | Girl Frame | $14.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | Meow Run, Cat Shine | |
 | Senpai and the Mysterious Dungeon | older | $13.99 | 40 67% | 1.2k | $17k (exactly $16,788) | Ruhut Soft |
 | Monster Lily | $14.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Kasha Club | |
 | [English] AbsentedAge 2: Ghostbound | $15.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.8k (exactly $3,838) | terunon's Lab | |
 | 不思議の大冒険 チルノ見参！２ | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | CrossLodge | |
 | Wonder of Blue | $5.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Velveteen | |
 | CharmEdge Deck | $2.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | ChuQingHun | |
 | 咸鱼侠大战b宫怪 | $1.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | 辣条辣条辣 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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