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Should I ship a Zombie Mystery Dungeon?
Mystery Dungeon + Zombies
Only 13 developers shipped a Zombie 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, House of Necrosis, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper, while revenue is up 1510% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $209k (exactly $208,986) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 1510% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Zombies
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 686 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 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
That Time I Got Reincarnated as an Orc 2021 · $223k 
House of Necrosis 2025 · $209k 
To The Light 2017 · $32k 
Rescue Operation 2021 · $30k 
Sword Mistress of the Dungeon Town 2025 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | That Time I Got Reincarnated as an Orc | older | $18.99 | 391 89% | 12k | $223k (exactly $222,753) | HONEYSOFT |
| | House of Necrosis | $11.99 | 581 94% | 17k | $209k (exactly $208,986) | Warkus | |
| | To The Light | older | $8.99 | 118 42% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,825) | ZOV GAME STUDIO |
| | Rescue Operation | older | $3.99 | 253 87% | 7.6k | $30k (exactly $30,284) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Sword Mistress of the Dungeon Town | $17.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | ラブリープリチー超愛してる, Lovely Pretty Ultra Lov… (ラブリープリチー超愛してる, Lovely Pretty Ultra Loving You) | |
 | Death Below | older | $9.99 | 63 58% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,881) | Soft |
 | Dread Nautical | older | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Zen Studios |
 | ALL IN ONE ADVENTURE VR | older | $5.99 | 53 69% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | SJ GAMES |
 | The Vampire | older | $5.99 | 49 75% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | SJ Games |
 | Homeland | older | $5.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $7.2k (exactly $7,188) | HeadHunters games |
 | Veins of DARKNESS | $2.99 | 40 87% | 1.2k | $3.6k (exactly $3,588) | Langonier | |
 | Midnight Murder Maze | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Rum Shack Studios LLC | |
 | New Heaven | · EA | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | PCS-Games, PCS-Games |
 | The Night of Escape | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LiTang | |
 | Dead Beyond | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Volkan Kutlubay | |
 | Dungeons Bomb | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MARIOZY | |
 | Apocalypse: The Hunger | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Bit Boy Games | |
 | Entities | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Danilo Willian |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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