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Should I ship a Board Game Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Board Game
Only 11 developers shipped a Board Game Action-Adventure 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, Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $12k, ×20 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 70% on the market, supply 165% 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.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Board Game
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 73% positive over 91 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Akimbot 2024 · $456k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 2021 · $165k 
The Chronicles of Quiver Dick 2018 · $16k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition 2025 · $13k 
High Frontier 4 All 2025 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Akimbot | older | $19.99 | 761 82% | 23k | $456k (exactly $456,372) | Evil Raptor |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
| | The Chronicles of Quiver Dick | older | $2.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | Crankage Games |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
| | High Frontier 4 All | $19.99 | 17 17% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Johan Brandt, Stewart Wan, Erik Lund, N… (Johan Brandt, Stewart Wan, Erik Lund, Nicolas Mondino, Theo Sandén, Leonard Wahlund, Alexander Wahrenstedt, Carl Nordholm, Erico Pizarro Gutierrez, Natdanai Puthom, Olivia Bernardsson, Dag Petersen, Sam Abou-Gabal, Pablo Schmidt, Spilios Kehagias, Aphiwit Lekphet, Zongying Liu, Markus Vikmanis, Kamila Kuzmiuk, Edvin Skogsholm Sanne, Janina Carvajal Ibacache, Adam Kallberg, Ricky Truong, Carl Forden, Robin Christopher Öhman Tejre, Malte Gundhus, Mathias Novakovic, Christopher Vedlund, Ivo Öjhage, Benjamin Grissom, Linus Granskog) | |
 | Dice Assassin | older | $2.99 | 76 69% | 2.3k | $6.8k (exactly $6,817) | Afil Games |
 | Lorhaven: Cursed War | older | $9.99 | 22 68% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | GoldenGod Games |
 | Seven Seas Jewels Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD | |
 | Race Code | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | GREEN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LLC |
 | SEX & DICE | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | SUCCUBUS ZONE | |
 | BeatHero | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Rainboar Studios | |
 | Space Memory TDG | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | TDG Gaming Studio | |
 | Tombs Of Myra | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Asylum Square | |
 | Rabbit vs Mole | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Atrox Studio | |
 | Duck Dash Delivery | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Panduck Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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