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Should I ship an Animal Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Animals
Only 11 developers shipped an Animal 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, Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 54 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
How Buddy’s parents met - a jigsaw puzzle tale 2020 · $13k 
SudoKats 2021 · $4.4k 
Buddy and Friends on Halloween 2023 · $3.2k 
Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends 2025 · $2.3k 
NONOTOWN: Nonogram Logic Puzzle 2023 · $1.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | How Buddy’s parents met - a jigsaw puzzle tale | older | $1.99 | 217 90% | 6.5k | $13k (exactly $12,955) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | SudoKats | older | $1.99 | 74 91% | 2.2k | $4.4k (exactly $4,418) | Mandinga |
| | Buddy and Friends on Halloween | older | $1.99 | 53 92% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
| | NONOTOWN: Nonogram Logic Puzzle | older | $5.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | bazoosoft |
 | PuzzleVerse | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | BlessedForgeGames | |
 | Neon Fantasy: Horses | older | $1.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Quantum Quiver Games |
 | Gap Storm | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Peace War Found | |
 | Color Splash: Butterflies | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Quantum Quiver Games | |
 | Neon Fantasy: Girls | older | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Quantum Quiver Games |
 | Color Splash: Rodents | older | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Quantum Quiver Games |
 | Dote On Me: Desktop Pet | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | HEJINJU | |
 | Fantasy Bird Woods | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | SouthBoat Games | |
 | Space Memory: Parrots | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Quantum Quiver Games | |
 | Color Splash: Fruits | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Quantum Quiver Games | |
 | Random Horse Derby | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Kornux Games | |
 | Puzzle O´Matic | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Avenori Playworks |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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