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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Idler Party-Based RPG?

Party-Based RPG + Idler

Of 37 developers who shipped an Idler Party-Based RPG 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.. 56 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×589 the market median. Revenue is up 195% on the market; 56 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 195% on the market, 56 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Party-Based RPG + Idler
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 37
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $21k → $748 → $15k → $4.5k → $9.5k (still earning) → $1.4k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party-Based RPG + Idler: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 37
Bottom 30% $748 (exactly $748)
Median $2.1k (exactly $2,096)
Top 25% $65k (exactly $64,757)
Top 5% $370k (exactly $370,028)
Developers, 2 yr 37
Released games 74
Announced 56
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 195% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 31%, 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.

Party-Based RPG
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Idler
effort 1 / 10 · high · number growth curves and a UI

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Party-Based RPG, Idler; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Auto Battler, Simulation
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 11,059 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $750, median $2.1k, 1 in 4 over $64k, 1 in 20 over $370k.

3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Board GameFair24 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  2. + Point & ClickFair17 devs · median $2.5k · 20 announced
  3. + 2D PlatformerFair55 devs · median $599 · 42 announced
  4. + Hidden ObjectFair15 devs · median $479 · 16 announced
  5. + Martial ArtsPoor odds5 devs · median $230k · 16 announced
  6. + Dating SimPoor odds13 devs · median $49k · 25 announced
  7. + SandboxPoor odds23 devs · median $34k · 71 announced
  8. + BuildingPoor odds12 devs · median $32k · 37 announced
  9. + AutomationPoor odds14 devs · median $21k · 28 announced
  10. + Turn-BasedPoor odds67 devs · median $19k · 76 announced
  11. + Base BuildingPoor odds19 devs · median $19k · 51 announced
  12. + IncrementalPoor odds18 devs · median $15k · 45 announced

All 111 pairs on the Party-Based RPG page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

再刷一把 PlayAgain 2022 · $1.2M Multiverse Loot Hunter 2025 · $930k Loot of Baal 2025 · $370k Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising 2026 · $348k Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons 2025 · $293k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
再刷一把 PlayAgain older $8.99 4,416 67% 132k $1.2M (exactly $1,190,995) 滑稽工作室
Multiverse Loot Hunter $11.99 2,585 80% 78k $930k (exactly $929,824) 游戏养家工作室
Loot of Baal $8.99 1,372 62% 41k $370k (exactly $370,028) Gleamer Studio
Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising $9.99 1,160 77% 35k $348k (exactly $347,652) Small Mill, Small Mill
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons $9.99 976 86% 29k $293k (exactly $292,507) Blast Programming
Master Healer Kale with useless party $4.99 1,879 95% 56k $281k (exactly $281,286) Evrac Studio
Loot Loop $4.99 1,701 93% 51k $255k (exactly $254,640) BitBrew
Bones and Coins $7.99 638 72% 19k $153k (exactly $152,929) Troyd Games
Kukoro: Stream chat games older $4.99 913 97% 27k $137k (exactly $136,676) HeyNau
Loser Got Isekai’d – Sex, Side Jobs, and Odd Tasks $13.99 254 89% 7.6k $107k (exactly $106,604) Morexingame
Miseria $7.99 350 58% 11k $84k (exactly $83,895) Somnambulist Games
Adventure Land - The Code MMORPG $14.99 144 84% 4.3k $65k (exactly $64,757) Wizard

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