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Should I ship a Board Game Action RPG?
Action RPG + Board Game
Only 6 developers shipped a Board Game Action RPG 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, School of Magic: Deck & Slash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $420 against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 25% | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,795) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action RPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Action RPG, Board Game
- Price point
- $11.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 8 games average 87% positive over 13,952 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NavalFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + WesternFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
Comparable games
Hand of Fate 2015 · $4.8M 
Hand of Fate 2 2017 · $4.7M 
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023 · $348k 
The Chronicles of Quiver Dick 2018 · $16k 
School of Magic: Deck & Slash 2025 · EA · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hand of Fate | older | $19.99 | 8,009 89% | 240k | $4.8M (exactly $4,802,997) | Defiant Development |
| | Hand of Fate 2 | older | $29.99 | 5,273 84% | 158k | $4.7M (exactly $4,744,118) | Defiant Development |
| | Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder | older | $24.99 | 464 77% | 14k | $348k (exactly $347,861) | Game Source Studio |
| | The Chronicles of Quiver Dick | older | $2.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | Crankage Games |
| | School of Magic: Deck & Slash | · EA | $19.99 | 18 66% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | PartTimeIndie |
 | Band of Brigands | older | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | ProtoGames |
 | BeatHero | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Rainboar Studios | |
 | Fate And Destiny - The Elonia Chronicles | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Judox Studio | |
 | Evil Twin | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pykatellar |
 | Mage Fight | · EA | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tin Hau Station |
 | Samgood Chronicles DragonFall | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | sammy chainsaws studios | |
 | Miolhr | older | $16.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Miolhr Company |
 | Entrepreneurial tycoon | older | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 泉州市兰梦网络科技中心（有限合伙） |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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