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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Roguelike?
Multiple Endings + Roguelike
Of 171 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Roguelike 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.. 329 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×542 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 329 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,712) |
| Top 5% | $257k (exactly $257,302) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 171 |
| Released games | 353 |
| Announced | 329 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 60% on the market, supply 95% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 34,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 66 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 329 games are announced against 114 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 暖雪 Warm Snow | older | $17.99 | 35,270 92% | 1.1M | $19M (exactly $19,035,219) | BadMudStudio |
| | Griftlands | older | $19.99 | 13,440 93% | 403k | $8.1M (exactly $8,059,968) | Klei Entertainment |
| | CloverPit | $9.99 | 24,710 90% | 741k | $7.4M (exactly $7,405,587) | Panik Arcade | |
| | Lost Castle / 失落城堡 | older | $9.99 | 18,417 87% | 553k | $5.5M (exactly $5,519,575) | Hunter Studio |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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