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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon Runner?
Mystery Dungeon + Runner
Only 10 developers shipped a Mystery Dungeon Runner 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, The Pilgrim's Progress, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $60 against a market of $480. 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 5% | $750 (exactly $750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 90% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Mystery Dungeon, Runner
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 38% positive over 8 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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bloody lonely cold 2023 · $3.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 | older | $4.99 | 431 80% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,521) | Chilla's Art |
| | Man in gravity | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Hunter Girls | older | $4.99 | 50 78% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | · |
| | Neko Journey | older | $4.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Feas, Axyos Games |
| | bloody lonely cold | older | $2.99 | 34 41% | 1.0k | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) | yx |
 | Survive the Jurassic | older | $5.99 | 15 13% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | John tex |
 | Chameneon | older | $1.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $2.2k (exactly $2,209) | Burning Goat Studio |
 | FartGirl | · EA older | $4.99 | 13 46% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | KYUHWAN |
 | Shy Eye Labyrinth: The Incredible Mystery | older | $9.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Main Quest |
 | The Pilgrim's Progress | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Elvio Lujan | |
 | The Night of Escape | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LiTang | |
 | BlackHoleMaze | $8.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | PENGHAO | |
 | Forgotten spirit | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BurningGRP | |
 | Jump Potato | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | TeamRevolutionX | |
 | Sports Girl: Village | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 2024-NGame | |
 | Maze escape | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZZ | |
 | Hotel Security | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gyoddam Games | |
 | Endless Robot dash | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 0cd studio | |
 | Unbeatable Maze | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Logical Fun Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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