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Should I ship a Roguelite Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Roguelite

Of 363 developers who shipped a Roguelite 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.. 797 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×6.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $620k, ×1324 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 797 games are announced against 259 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 6.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 35% on the market, 797 announced, ×3.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Roguelite
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 363
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $34k → $3.5k → $5.1k → $3.9k → $6.0k → $4.8k → $3.8k (still earning) → $628 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Roguelite: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 363
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $2.9k (exactly $2,876)
Top 25% $27k (exactly $26,618)
Top 5% $629k (exactly $629,115)
Developers, 2 yr 363
Released games 592
Announced 797
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 35% on the market, supply 145% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Roguelite
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Resource Management, Roguelite; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelike, Simulation
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 83,322 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $2.9k, 1 in 4 over $26k, 1 in 20 over $620k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 110 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 797 games are announced against 259 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

All 214 pairs on the Resource Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Loop Hero older $14.99 33,816 92% 1.0M $15M (exactly $15,207,055) Four Quarters
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Cultist Simulator older $19.99 10,496 82% 315k $6.3M (exactly $6,294,451) Weather Factory
Jalopy older $14.99 9,020 78% 271k $4.1M (exactly $4,056,294) Minskworks
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.