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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Roguelike Deckbuilder?
Multiple Endings + Roguelike Deckbuilder
Only 14 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Roguelike Deckbuilder 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, Witch's Apocalyptic Journey, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $40k, ×85 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×728 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) |
|---|---|
| Median | $40k (exactly $40,223) |
| Top 25% | $72k (exactly $71,717) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $345,755) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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 Deckbuilder
- effort 3 / 10 · high · deckbuilding rules plus procedural runs
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Roguelike Deckbuilder; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,644 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 4 Player LocalFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + GamblingFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
Comparable games
Griftlands 2021 · $8.1M 
Take Me To The Dungeon!! 2023 · $1.3M 
Witch's Apocalyptic Journey 2026 · $346k 
Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2020 · $262k 
Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire 2023 · $206k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Griftlands | older | $19.99 | 13,440 93% | 403k | $8.1M (exactly $8,059,968) | Klei Entertainment |
| | Take Me To The Dungeon!! | older | $10.99 | 3,895 93% | 117k | $1.3M (exactly $1,284,182) | Hanabi Fuusen |
| | Witch's Apocalyptic Journey | $8.99 | 1,282 84% | 38k | $346k (exactly $345,755) | MeowAlive | |
| | Choice of Life: Middle Ages | older | $4.99 | 1,752 89% | 53k | $262k (exactly $262,274) | Blazing Planet Studio |
| | Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire | older | $19.99 | 343 91% | 10k | $206k (exactly $205,697) | makaroll |
 | Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2 | older | $6.99 | 935 94% | 28k | $196k (exactly $196,070) | Blazing Planet Studio |
 | Draft of Darkness | older | $14.99 | 336 94% | 10k | $151k (exactly $151,099) | Crawly Games |
 | 我的人生 | $6.99 | 496 65% | 15k | $104k (exactly $104,011) | ZZ Games | |
 | Golden Swirl | $19.99 | 149 92% | 4.5k | $89k (exactly $89,355) | Snako Production | |
 | Choice of Life: Wild Islands | $6.99 | 342 92% | 10k | $72k (exactly $71,717) | Blazing Planet Studio | |
 | Takara Cards | $14.99 | 112 83% | 3.4k | $50k (exactly $50,366) | Post Mortem Pixels | |
 | Voice of Belldona | · EA | $11.99 | 117 72% | 3.5k | $42k (exactly $42,085) | StoryCropStudio |
 | Isekai Big Dick | $10.99 | 122 87% | 3.7k | $40k (exactly $40,223) | Hippo Games | |
 | Cult Leader Simulator | $17.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Nhneno | |
 | MegaBattle | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | MadCat Corp, Cavylabs | |
 | The Cascadier | · EA | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | Enchanted Arcade |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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