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Should I ship a Nature Roguelite?
Roguelite + Nature
Of 116 developers who shipped a Nature Roguelite 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.. 219 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $99k, ×208 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 219 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $99,015) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 116 |
| Released games | 208 |
| Announced | 219 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Roguelite; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Action, Strategy
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 11,411 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 54 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 219 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Roguelite with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Real-TimeFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + TypingFair
- + Grand StrategyFair
- + IdlerFair
- + DogsFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + DwarvesPoor odds
Comparable games
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite 2026 · $2.1M 
Ravenbound 2023 · $693k 
Insurmountable 2021 · $624k 
Coal LLC 2025 · $604k 
Primordialis 2025 · EA · $584k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite | $9.99 | 6,876 76% | 206k | $2.1M (exactly $2,060,737) | Odd Dreams Digital | |
| | Ravenbound | older | $29.99 | 770 53% | 23k | $693k (exactly $692,769) | Systemic Reaction™ |
| | Insurmountable | older | $24.99 | 832 78% | 25k | $624k (exactly $623,750) | ByteRockers' Games |
| | Coal LLC | $14.99 | 1,343 92% | 40k | $604k (exactly $603,947) | Bye Bye Ocean | |
| | Primordialis | · EA | $19.99 | 974 93% | 29k | $584k (exactly $584,108) | Kyler Natividad, Keith Sammut |
 | 沉默的蟋蟀 | older | $14.99 | 1,130 88% | 34k | $508k (exactly $508,161) | 蓬莱飞鱼工作室 |
 | Zoominoes | $14.99 | 549 91% | 16k | $247k (exactly $246,885) | Starlight Games inc. | |
 | Sipho | older | $17.99 | 339 83% | 10k | $183k (exactly $182,958) | All Parts Connected |
 | Day of the Shell | $14.99 | 382 68% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Duper Games | |
 | Seeds of Resilience | older | $13.99 | 257 66% | 7.7k | $108k (exactly $107,863) | Subtle Games |
 | Idle Colony | $5.99 | 551 82% | 17k | $99k (exactly $99,015) | Faith G. | |
 | The Greenening | $4.99 | 484 96% | 15k | $72k (exactly $72,455) | Erkberg Games | |
 | Super Cabbage Kabumi | $14.99 | 125 67% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Vividesca Games | |
 | Fresh Tracks | $24.99 | 53 94% | 1.6k | $40k (exactly $39,734) | Buffalo Buffalo | |
 | Rogue Labyrinth | $14.99 | 74 98% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $33,278) | Tea Witch Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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