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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon Life Sim?
Life Sim + Mystery Dungeon
Only 7 developers shipped a Mystery Dungeon Life 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, NTR LIFE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $480. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $178 (exactly $178) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
| Top 5% | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Life Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim, Mystery Dungeon
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,112 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Dungeon Dreams 2 2024 · $125k 
Magisterium: Fantasy Craft 2023 · EA · $104k 
ScrewUp 2021 · $78k 
Santhai 2022 · $53k 
FORGE SIMULATOR 2024 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dungeon Dreams 2 | older | $19.99 | 209 90% | 6.3k | $125k (exactly $125,337) | DDreams Games |
| | Magisterium: Fantasy Craft | · EA older | $14.99 | 232 69% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | The Spiteful Games |
| | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
| | Santhai | older | $12.99 | 137 89% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $53,389) | Hardworker Studio, Rachan Neamprasert |
| | FORGE SIMULATOR | older | $10.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,463) | GreenOnionGames |
 | NTR LIFE | $3.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) | Jpegsama | |
 | Deep Despair 2 | older | $2.99 | 88 73% | 2.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,894) | BekkerDev Studio |
 | Cyberpunk sex | older | $9.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Games For Pleasure |
 | Yumeiri | older | $4.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | Affility |
 | Shadow of the Night | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Please Proceed To The Dungeon | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Noodle Interactive | |
 | No One's Island | · EA | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Rinthis Arathis |
 | Mystic Pub | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | EDOBGames | |
 | 轉生打怪學英文(七)-模擬人生大冒險 | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 愛上補習班 | |
 | Gatherlands | · EA | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bugurca Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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