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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Inventory Management Party-Based RPG?

Party-Based RPG + Inventory Management

Of 41 developers who shipped an Inventory Management 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.. 84 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $12k, ×19 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×589 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 84 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 18.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 60% on the market, 84 announced, ×3.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Party-Based RPG + Inventory Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 41
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.4k → $4.3k → $15k → $3.6k → $42k (still earning) → $12k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party-Based RPG + Inventory Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 41
Bottom 30% $1.3k (exactly $1,347)
Median $12k (exactly $11,870)
Top 25% $43k (exactly $43,178)
Top 5% $370k (exactly $370,028)
Developers, 2 yr 41
Released games 77
Announced 84
Effort 6 / 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 up 60% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, 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
Inventory Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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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, Inventory Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Character Customization
Price point
$11.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 12,578 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.4k, median $12k, 1 in 4 over $43k, 1 in 20 over $370k.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 84 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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

Keep Driving 2025 · $3.3M Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot 2026 · $1.2M Mini Healer 2020 · EA · $537k Loot of Baal 2025 · $370k Valorborn 2026 · EA · $369k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Keep Driving $17.99 6,188 93% 186k $3.3M (exactly $3,339,664) YCJY Games
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot $14.99 2,588 82% 78k $1.2M (exactly $1,163,824) Hamma Studios
Mini Healer · EA older $7.99 2,239 87% 67k $537k (exactly $536,688) Sad Doge
Loot of Baal $8.99 1,372 62% 41k $370k (exactly $370,028) Gleamer Studio
Valorborn · EA $24.99 492 60% 15k $369k (exactly $368,852) Laps Games
Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons $9.99 976 86% 29k $293k (exactly $292,507) Blast Programming
Expeditions: Samurai · EA $29.99 267 59% 8.0k $240k (exactly $240,220) Campfire Cabal
Time Break Chronicles · EA older $14.99 298 88% 8.9k $134k (exactly $134,011) Warrior General Games, LLC
NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters $11.99 357 79% 11k $128k (exactly $128,413) dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive
FATE: The Cursed King older $7.99 484 93% 15k $116k (exactly $116,015) WildTangent
Wardrum $24.99 87 86% 2.6k $65k (exactly $65,224) Mopeful Games
The Adventurers $12.99 150 78% 4.5k $58k (exactly $58,455) Eternal Vigilance Entertainment
Creature Keeper $14.99 101 67% 3.0k $45k (exactly $45,420) Fervir Games

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