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Should I ship a Mystery Dungeon Tactical game?
Tactical + Mystery Dungeon
Of 20 developers who shipped a Mystery Dungeon Tactical game 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.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $1.9k. Revenue is up 130% on the market; 15 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.0 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Top 5% | $354k (exactly $354,423) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 130% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Mystery Dungeon
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical, Mystery Dungeon; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Auto Battler, Dungeon Crawler, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,667 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Tangledeep 2018 · $483k 
Vivid World 2025 · $354k 
TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer 2026 · $229k 
Slot & Dungeons 2026 · $82k 
Into the Restless Ruins 2025 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tangledeep | older | $14.99 | 1,075 82% | 32k | $483k (exactly $483,428) | Impact Gameworks |
| | Vivid World | $19.99 | 591 88% | 18k | $354k (exactly $354,423) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
| | TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer | $4.99 | 1,528 78% | 46k | $229k (exactly $228,742) | AZAMATIKA | |
| | Slot & Dungeons | $8.99 | 304 83% | 9.1k | $82k (exactly $81,989) | MUC GAMES | |
| | Into the Restless Ruins | $14.99 | 109 83% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Ant Workshop Ltd | |
 | Obsidian Prince | older | $14.99 | 103 77% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $46,319) | Unleash The Giraffe |
 | ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs | · EA older | $15.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $20,627) | Righteous Hammer Games |
 | F*ck the HELL out | older | $4.99 | 95 86% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG | $9.99 | 42 76% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | GameDevJoey | |
 | Rune Gate | older | $9.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Devwind |
 | Mech Shuffle | $9.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | PillBugGames | |
 | The Legend of Shiande | $2.99 | 46 100% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | Thales Caus | |
 | Scrubbin' Trubble | $12.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Odd Object | |
 | Drag'N Dungeon | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Demon Girl | |
 | Tileweaver | $11.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Mattalarc & Wolter |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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