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Should I ship a Roguelike Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Roguelike
Of 29 developers who shipped a Roguelike Walking Simulator 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.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 28 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $120k (exactly $120,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 73 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 125% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator, Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,565 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
ZED ZONE 2023 · EA · $1.3M 
The Hat Man: Shadow Ward 2016 · $844k 
Trip to Vinelands 2016 · $235k 
Goblin Dungeons 2025 · $157k 
Daylight 2014 · $155k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ZED ZONE | · EA older | $11.99 | 3,506 81% | 105k | $1.3M (exactly $1,261,108) | Leven Liu |
| | The Hat Man: Shadow Ward | older | $9.99 | 2,816 64% | 84k | $844k (exactly $843,955) | Game Mechanics LLC |
| | Trip to Vinelands | older | $4.99 | 1,572 85% | 47k | $235k (exactly $235,328) | Walter Machado |
| | Goblin Dungeons | $17.99 | 291 83% | 8.7k | $157k (exactly $157,053) | Loolust | |
| | Daylight | older | $4.99 | 1,038 53% | 31k | $155k (exactly $155,389) | Zombie Studios |
 | Eternal Afternoon | $8.99 | 446 95% | 13k | $120k (exactly $120,286) | Alex Klexber | |
 | Spider Queen cave | older | $18.99 | 159 40% | 4.8k | $91k (exactly $90,582) | 帅宅快乐屋 |
 | Gnomes and Knights | $4.99 | 372 77% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,688) | Terletski Games | |
 | Subway Exorcist Girl | $1.99 | 306 82% | 9.2k | $18k (exactly $18,268) | 纤指游戏 | |
 | GON: God Of Nothing | $7.99 | 63 80% | 1.9k | $15k (exactly $15,101) | BlackBoneGames | |
 | When We Arrive | $9.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Two Pixels UG | |
 | Night Patrol | $4.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | HwangSo Games | |
 | Dead Silence - Echoes of the Damned | $4.99 | 13 38% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Persian Dare | |
 | Channel 64 | $1.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | XejiksGG | |
 | NO LOGIC INC. | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | DarkLight Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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