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Should I ship an Alien Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Aliens
Only 11 developers shipped an Alien Tabletop game 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, Amberspire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $43k, ×92 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,127) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $43,483) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 200% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 304 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Gaia Project 2021 · $263k 
The Banished Vault 2023 · $142k 
Space Food Truck 2016 · $65k 
Galaxy Trucker: Extended Edition 2019 · $64k 
Amberspire 2026 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gaia Project | older | $24.99 | 351 80% | 11k | $263k (exactly $263,145) | DIGIDICED |
| | The Banished Vault | older | $24.99 | 189 78% | 5.7k | $142k (exactly $141,693) | Lunar Division |
| | Space Food Truck | older | $9.99 | 216 71% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | One Man Left Studios |
| | Galaxy Trucker: Extended Edition | older | $9.99 | 213 89% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,836) | CGE Digital |
| | Amberspire | $24.99 | 58 86% | 1.7k | $43k (exactly $43,483) | Lunar Division | |
 | The Captain is Dead | older | $19.99 | 66 78% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | Thunderbox Entertainment |
 | Eclipse - 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy | $12.99 | 95 57% | 2.9k | $37k (exactly $37,022) | BrettspielWelt GmbH | |
 | Burger Bots Inc. | $7.99 | 109 91% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | Normogames | |
 | FLATHEAD | older | $1.99 | 386 93% | 12k | $23k (exactly $23,044) | Tim Oxton |
 | One Deck Galaxy | older | $12.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $21,434) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Vox Populi: USA 2024 | $7.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Velsin | |
 | Vox Populi: Germany 2025 | $7.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Velsin | |
 | Vox Populi: Australia 2025 | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Velsin | |
 | Fragments of Waifu | $4.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | adDICKtive games | |
 | Tabletop Baseball | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Dumb Duck Games | |
 | Space Memory TDG | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | TDG Gaming Studio | |
 | Star Voyagers – Hentai Jigsaw | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Black Hole |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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