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Should I ship a Tabletop Automation game?
Automation + Tabletop
Of 22 developers who shipped a Tabletop Automation game 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.. 31 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $92k, ×147 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 31 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) |
| Top 5% | $92k (exactly $92,284) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automation
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Automation, Tabletop; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Resource Management, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 2,165 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + Female ProtagonistStrong odds
- + Open World Survival CraftFair
- + HorrorFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + Class-BasedFair
- + MiningFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + FishingFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
Comparable games
Loot of Baal 2025 · $370k 
Factory Planner 2026 · EA · $92k 
Linkito 2024 · $68k 
Infiniclick 2025 · $34k 
Master of Realms 2026 · EA · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Loot of Baal | $8.99 | 1,372 62% | 41k | $370k (exactly $370,028) | Gleamer Studio | |
| | Factory Planner | · EA | $7.99 | 385 70% | 12k | $92k (exactly $92,284) | Lebleby Games |
| | Linkito | older | $14.99 | 152 87% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | Kalinarm |
| | Infiniclick | $7.99 | 140 72% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Nacho AB | |
| | Master of Realms | · EA | $39.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $32k (exactly $32,392) | TheMasterForge LLC |
 | Your Second Wife | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Kygua Tech | |
 | Malmyr | older | $14.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | ziegler gamedev GbR |
 | AI Faith: Compute [>_AIFC] | $4.99 | 55 81% | 1.7k | $8.2k (exactly $8,234) | Beneloop.ai | |
 | Urban Entrepreneur | older | $9.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | ArchDawn |
 | Fishing On My Desktop | $4.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | ColaCatGames | |
 | Super Ant Art Tycoon | $8.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Wix Games | |
 | DECK COLLECTOR | · EA | $11.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | AEROBORN Games |
 | Screw Puzzle Master | $1.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Lcc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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