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Should I ship a Board Game CRPG?
CRPG + Board Game
Only 9 developers shipped a Board Game CRPG 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, The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $670k, ×449 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 25% | $63k (exactly $62,968) |
| Top 5% | $672k (exactly $672,481) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Board Game
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 1,399 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Tainted Grail: Conquest 2021 · $4.6M 
TaleSpire 2021 · EA · $3.3M 
Stolen Realm 2024 · $2.1M 
The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake 2026 · $672k 
DOKAPON! Sword of Fury 2025 · $265k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tainted Grail: Conquest | older | $19.99 | 7,589 90% | 228k | $4.6M (exactly $4,551,123) | Questline |
| | TaleSpire | · EA older | $24.99 | 4,391 89% | 132k | $3.3M (exactly $3,291,933) | Bouncyrock Entertainment |
| | Stolen Realm | older | $19.99 | 3,470 84% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,080,959) | Burst2Flame Games |
| | The Legend of Fancy Realm Remake | $24.99 | 897 86% | 27k | $672k (exactly $672,481) | USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd. | |
| | DOKAPON! Sword of Fury | $24.99 | 354 85% | 11k | $265k (exactly $265,394) | Sting | |
 | Yaengard | older | $24.99 | 121 76% | 3.6k | $91k (exactly $90,714) | Planeshift Interactive |
 | Fated Kingdom | older | $9.99 | 260 73% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | GameLiberty |
 | Moves Of The Diamond Hand | · EA | $19.99 | 105 100% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | Rogue Dungeon | older | $14.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Cerberus Gate Games |
 | Apollyon: River of Life | older | $14.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | The Planar Danse |
 | Card Rogue | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Game Tsukuru Kun | |
 | DOKAPON 3-2-1: Super Collection! | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Sting | |
 | Tinker-World: Arrival at Kedhreon | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | From The Cave, TibiSoft | |
 | Grist | · EA | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | Chironex Studios |
 | Dice & Sword | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Zeoi Studio | |
 | Intermundia: Dungeons, Polygons & Magic | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Trinity Team, Excaliber |
 | 桌上足球 TableSoccer | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YongyeGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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