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Should I ship a Cat Board Game?
Board Game + Cats
Of 34 developers who shipped a Cat Board 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.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×5.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $95k, ×804 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 18 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) |
| Top 5% | $96k (exactly $95,623) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 98 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 down 45% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,492 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DragonsFair
Comparable games
Everdell 2022 · $346k 
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k 
Dungeon Inn 2024 · EA · $231k 
Exploding Kittens® 2 2024 · $167k 
Cat Chess 2026 · $96k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
| | Dungeon Inn | · EA | $12.99 | 594 92% | 18k | $231k (exactly $231,482) | Cat Society |
| | Exploding Kittens® 2 | older | $12.49 | 447 75% | 13k | $167k (exactly $167,491) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | Cat Chess | $6.99 | 456 87% | 14k | $96k (exactly $95,623) | Capricia Labs | |
 | Feng Shui Meowjong | $4.99 | 276 95% | 8.3k | $41k (exactly $41,317) | Wavebreak Studio | |
 | Bright Paw: Definitive Edition | older | $12.99 | 76 69% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $29,617) | Radical Forge |
 | Cat Lady - The Card Game | older | $3.99 | 230 97% | 6.9k | $28k (exactly $27,531) | Nomad Games |
 | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
 | The Isle of Cats | $14.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Dire Wolf | |
 | King of Tokyo - Richard Garfield | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Breakfirst | |
 | Roulette Dungeon | $8.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | Hooded Traveler Games | |
 | Kemotaku | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Kojika Games | |
 | Cozy Cats Fit | $2.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | CozyPuzzleGames | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | 🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸 | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Gossiam Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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