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Resource Management + Roguelike Deckbuilder
Of 44 developers who shipped a Roguelike Deckbuilder Resource Management 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.. 79 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $27k, ×58 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $9.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×470 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 79 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) |
|---|---|
| Median | $27k (exactly $27,432) |
| Top 25% | $71k (exactly $70,848) |
| Top 5% | $223k (exactly $223,374) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 79 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 flat on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- effort 3 / 10 · high · deckbuilding rules plus procedural runs
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Resource Management, Roguelike Deckbuilder; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 7,842 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $9.5k. 3 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 79 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Resource Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Luck be a Landlord 2023 · $3.1M 
Emberward 2026 · $2.3M 
Cardboard Town 2023 · $1.2M 
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k 
Aotenjo: Infinite Hands 2025 · EA · $287k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Luck be a Landlord | older | $9.99 | 10,213 93% | 306k | $3.1M (exactly $3,060,836) | TrampolineTales |
| | Emberward | $19.99 | 3,775 96% | 113k | $2.3M (exactly $2,263,868) | Refic Games | |
| | Cardboard Town | older | $19.99 | 2,051 79% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) | Stratera Games, cukuto |
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
| | Aotenjo: Infinite Hands | · EA | $9.99 | 958 87% | 29k | $287k (exactly $287,113) | XO Cat |
 | Cube Chaos | $11.99 | 621 95% | 19k | $223k (exactly $223,374) | Wunarg | |
 | Terracards | · EA older | $8.99 | 733 84% | 22k | $198k (exactly $197,690) | Pixel Purrfect |
 | Roots of Yggdrasil | older | $19.99 | 300 85% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
 | Cropdeck | $12.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $168k (exactly $167,571) | Piotrek | |
 | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
 | Kingdom's Deck | $9.99 | 495 72% | 15k | $148k (exactly $148,352) | Ivan Aco | |
 | Frostrain 2 | $10.99 | 374 89% | 11k | $123k (exactly $123,308) | nemonan | |
 | Goblin Sushi | · EA | $9.99 | 404 89% | 12k | $121k (exactly $121,079) | Old Cake Factory |
 | Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth | $6.99 | 433 69% | 13k | $91k (exactly $90,800) | Zabbo Games | |
 | These Doomed Isles | $14.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Triplevision Games Limited | |
 | Malys | $14.99 | 172 79% | 5.2k | $77k (exactly $77,348) | Summerfall Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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