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Immersive Sim + Mystery Dungeon
Only 19 developers shipped a Mystery Dungeon Immersive Sim 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, Runehaven, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 330% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
| Top 5% | $36k (exactly $35,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 330% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Mystery Dungeon; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 291 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 2021 · $65k 
Sex with Succubus ❤️🔥 2023 · $53k 
Runehaven 2026 · $36k 
The Lustful Inn of Female Adventurers 2025 · $24k 
FORGE SIMULATOR 2024 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 | older | $4.99 | 431 80% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,521) | Chilla's Art |
| | Sex with Succubus ❤️🔥 | older | $9.99 | 176 50% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $52,747) | Octo Games |
| | Runehaven | $9.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,664) | Cikoria Studio | |
| | The Lustful Inn of Female Adventurers | $9.99 | 81 76% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $24,276) | StudioVR | |
| | FORGE SIMULATOR | older | $10.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,463) | GreenOnionGames |
 | CRYODEATH VR | older | $24.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $16k (exactly $15,744) | Kerag Elisaar |
 | Endless Suburbia | older | $4.99 | 91 64% | 2.7k | $14k (exactly $13,623) | Horrid Vision LLC |
 | Stocksynd House | older | $7.99 | 53 83% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,704) | CyberFlux Games, Gabro Media |
 | ACCIDENTALLY | $12.99 | 30 60% | 900 | $12k (exactly $11,691) | M&K WORKS | |
 | Deep Despair 2 | older | $2.99 | 88 73% | 2.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,894) | BekkerDev Studio |
 | Vastophobia | · EA | $7.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Beyond reason Games |
 | Shadow of the Night | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | We're Here, Papa | $4.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | EXLIX | |
 | Sense of Darkness | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Iurii Coseacov | |
 | Rotfang: The House | $3.00 | 4 0% | 120 | $360 (exactly $360) | Horrid Vision LLC | |
 | Schizophrenia: The Last Shift | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Indevelopment Productions | |
 | Kola Аbyss | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | TwoDogs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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