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Should I ship a Roguelike Real-Time game?
Real-Time + Roguelike
Only 8 developers shipped a Roguelike Real-Time game 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, Omelet You Cook, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $10,793) |
| Top 25% | $104k (exactly $104,330) |
| Top 5% | $685k (exactly $684,893) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 365% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real-Time, Roguelike
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 19,170 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.8k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real-Time with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationStrong odds
- + RogueliteFair
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
Comparable games
Homeworld 3 2024 · $9.8M 
Curse of the Dead Gods 2021 · $4.7M 
Omelet You Cook 2026 · $685k 
Nevergrind Online 2024 · $586k 
Dice Legacy 2021 · $401k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Homeworld 3 | older | $59.99 | 5,436 38% | 163k | $9.8M (exactly $9,783,169) | Blackbird Interactive |
| | Curse of the Dead Gods | older | $19.99 | 7,807 84% | 234k | $4.7M (exactly $4,681,858) | Passtech Games |
| | Omelet You Cook | $14.99 | 1,523 97% | 46k | $685k (exactly $684,893) | Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose | |
| | Nevergrind Online | older | $15.99 | 1,221 86% | 37k | $586k (exactly $585,714) | Neverworks Games |
| | Dice Legacy | older | $14.99 | 892 67% | 27k | $401k (exactly $401,132) | DESTINYbit |
 | Necrosmith 2 | older | $7.99 | 1,315 77% | 39k | $315k (exactly $315,206) | Alawar |
 | Cosmodread | older | $14.99 | 391 91% | 12k | $176k (exactly $175,833) | White Door Games |
 | Sin and Love | $14.99 | 232 65% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | XingCaiStudio | |
 | Distant Star: Revenant Fleet | older | $9.99 | 258 63% | 7.7k | $77k (exactly $77,323) | Blazing Griffin |
 | Cavity Busters | older | $14.99 | 95 95% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | SpaceMyFriend, Ben Ridge |
 | Gem Miner TD | $12.99 | 72 97% | 2.2k | $28k (exactly $28,058) | iFeral Games | |
 | Infest | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Chute Apps | |
 | Eclipse Breaker | $11.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Lunar Workshop, Jorge Rodriguez | |
 | Remnants of the Rift | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Bromio | |
 | RAIDING PARTY | · EA | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Skull Splitter Studios |
 | Reverse Survivors | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Holiver Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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