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Should I ship a Tabletop Action RPG?
Action RPG + Tabletop
Only 5 developers shipped a Tabletop 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, Book of Fei, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $1.5k. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,510) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $31,126) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 50% 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
- Tabletop
- 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, Tabletop
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 9,937 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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 
WARTILE 2018 · $360k 
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023 · $348k 
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One 2022 · $85k 
Book of Fei 2026 · $31k | 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 |
| | WARTILE | older | $19.99 | 601 75% | 18k | $360k (exactly $360,420) | Playwood Project |
| | Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder | older | $24.99 | 464 77% | 14k | $348k (exactly $347,861) | Game Source Studio |
| | Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One | older | $9.99 | 283 92% | 8.5k | $85k (exactly $84,815) | Westwood Associates, Strategic Simulati… (Westwood Associates, Strategic Simulations) |
| | Book of Fei | $2.99 | 347 93% | 10k | $31k (exactly $31,126) | TAO Studio | |
 | The Chronicles of Quiver Dick | older | $2.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | Crankage Games |
 | BeatRider | $11.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $12k (exactly $11,510) | 无限电玩, Combo X Camp | |
 | Band of Brigands | older | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | ProtoGames |
 | Temple of Apshai Trilogy | older | $3.99 | 17 52% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | Epyx, Inc. |
 | Snake Effect | older | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | oooyqx |
 | Vitalis | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | pngTriads |
 | Journey Quest | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Zachary Brown, Steel Palm Games | |
 | Silverbrook: a Text-Based RPG | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Copper Lantern Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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