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Should I ship a Tabletop Billiards game?
Billiards + Tabletop
Only 15 developers shipped a Tabletop Billiards 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, Nine-Ball Roulette, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.4 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×544 the market median. Revenue is up 1710% on the market; 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 5% | $258k (exactly $258,432) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 up 1710% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Billiards, Tabletop
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 2,717 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Nine-Ball Roulette 2025 · $258k 
Flick Shot Rogues 2025 · $133k 
Drop Pockets 2025 · EA · $109k 
Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle 2021 · $3.0k 
Blastboard 2020 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nine-Ball Roulette | $3.99 | 2,159 88% | 65k | $258k (exactly $258,432) | WaveBox Labs | |
| | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
| | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
| | Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | LGT SIA |
| | Blastboard | older | $1.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,686) | Enigmatic Network |
 | Biida-Bash | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Silver Thumb Games | |
 | Carom Billiards | older | $4.99 | 11 18% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Pix Arts |
 | Snooker Billiard | $24.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | DotStudio | |
 | Disc Dungeon | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Fire Titan Games | |
 | Carrom Slam! | older | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Dinahsoft ltd. |
 | Finger Soccer | · EA | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Hard Shark Games |
 | CUEQUENCE | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Bison Forge Interactive | |
 | Game Room | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Games For Humans | |
 | Pool Ball Battle Royale | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kiran M, CrazyPenguin0111 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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