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Should I ship a Board Game Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Board Game
Of 35 developers who shipped a Board Game Auto Battler in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $95; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×270 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 42 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $95 (exactly $95) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,013) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $128,413) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Auto Battler, Board Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,876 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $95. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
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Dice Kingdoms 2024 · $261k 
Endgame of Devil 2023 · $202k 
Turnbound 2026 · $201k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tales & Tactics | older | $17.99 | 1,737 80% | 52k | $937k (exactly $937,459) | Table 9 Studio |
| | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
| | Dice Kingdoms | older | $14.99 | 580 83% | 17k | $261k (exactly $260,826) | Fivemid Studio |
| | Endgame of Devil | older | $6.99 | 964 88% | 29k | $202k (exactly $202,151) | MiniWhale |
| | Turnbound | $14.99 | 446 78% | 13k | $201k (exactly $200,566) | 1TK | |
 | NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters | $11.99 | 357 79% | 11k | $128k (exactly $128,413) | dicehit, Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Turnfall | $39.99 | 96 95% | 2.9k | $115k (exactly $115,171) | Koleapin Studio | |
 | LuckLand | older | $8.99 | 422 95% | 13k | $114k (exactly $113,813) | e-Jade |
 | Underboard | $14.99 | 181 74% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $81,396) | Headless | |
 | Lucky Hunter | $5.99 | 413 89% | 12k | $74k (exactly $74,216) | 159 Studio | |
 | Lunchbreak Tactics | $14.99 | 124 76% | 3.7k | $56k (exactly $55,763) | Borealys Games | |
 | Folk Emerging | $24.99 | 73 86% | 2.2k | $55k (exactly $54,728) | Curious Dynamics | |
 | Vanguard Exiles | · EA | $19.99 | 61 81% | 1.8k | $37k (exactly $36,582) | The Tea Division |
 | Zero Orders Tactics | $11.99 | 89 91% | 2.7k | $32k (exactly $32,013) | Pauloondra | |
 | Vestiges: Fallen Tribes | $24.99 | 36 80% | 1.1k | $27k (exactly $26,989) | WanadevStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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