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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Mystery Dungeon?
Mystery Dungeon + Post-apocalyptic
Only 10 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic Mystery Dungeon 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, Rusty Rangers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper, while revenue is up 20% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $12,142) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Mystery Dungeon
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 79% positive over 40 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mystery Dungeon with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGStrong odds
- + TacticalStrong odds
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + PhysicsFair
Comparable games
The Light Remake 2020 · $219k 
Rusty Rangers 2025 · $12k 
Lost Scale: Part One 2021 · $7.5k 
JongRo 3_Street 2024 · $6.5k 
Imprisoned Hyperion 2022 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Light Remake | older | $4.99 | 1,462 87% | 44k | $219k (exactly $218,861) | Носков Сергей |
| | Rusty Rangers | $14.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | Fantastica! | |
| | Lost Scale: Part One | older | $24.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | Danicy |
| | JongRo 3_Street | older | $6.99 | 31 58% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | BlueKim |
| | Imprisoned Hyperion | older | $14.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Arbatskii Anatolii |
 | Chernobyl inferno | older | $4.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Shumilin |
 | Frozen Shelter | older | $3.56 | 33 66% | 990 | $3.5k (exactly $3,524) | Aktamia, Admia |
 | Dragon Simulator Multiplayer | older | $0.99 | 84 72% | 2.5k | $2.5k (exactly $2,495) | FreezeNova |
 | 时空梦魇Ⅰ代号608 | older | $6.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Clock In Dream |
 | SaveShe | $69.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $2.1k (exactly $2,100) | shibahuax | |
 | New Heaven | · EA | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | PCS-Games, PCS-Games |
 | Desperate Travelers | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Microlab | |
 | Apocalypse: The Hunger | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Bit Boy Games | |
 | Dustline | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Dustline Studio | |
 | Flooded Lands | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OpxGaming | |
 | United Heist: Facility Zero | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | No more Sleep | |
 | Kindled Hope | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | L.V | |
 | Mega Load On | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pavels Makarovs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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