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Should I ship a Roguelite MMORPG?
MMORPG + Roguelite
Only 4 developers shipped a paid Roguelite MMORPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 7 did: 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.. 7 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $61k against a market of $1.3k. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $61k (exactly $61,139) |
| Top 5% | $253k (exactly $252,731) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 65%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Roguelite
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 8 games average 63% positive over 992 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
Soulbound: Online 2026 · EA · $253k 
Trolddom 2025 · $61k 
The Yellow King 2020 · EA · $53k 
Fasaria World: Ancients of Moons + Server 2020 · $2.4k 
ChaosWorld 2023 · $897 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Soulbound: Online | · EA | $14.99 | 562 58% | 17k | $253k (exactly $252,731) | SpiderWare |
| | Trolddom | $9.99 | 204 94% | 6.1k | $61k (exactly $61,139) | Plant Based Games | |
| | The Yellow King | · EA older | $8.99 | 195 46% | 5.9k | $53k (exactly $52,592) | Spellbook |
| | Fasaria World: Ancients of Moons + Server | older | $9.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Fasaria World |
| | ChaosWorld | older | $2.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Dust Studios |
 | Swordia | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Affliction Networks LLC | |
 | Yuki Onna: Snowball Fight! | $1.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | YStar | |
 | 三国世界 - TKWORLD | older | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | 陈世杰 |
 | QChat | older | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Qi Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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