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Should I ship a Demon Board Game?
Board Game + Demons
Only 6 developers shipped a Demon Board 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, Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×9.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $480. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 5% | $204k (exactly $204,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Board Game
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,944 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 18 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + LGBTQ+Fair
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- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
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Comparable games
Solium Infernum 2024 · $1.9M 
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023 · $348k 
Erannorth Chronicles 2021 · $256k 
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition 2024 · $204k 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! 2024 · $203k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Solium Infernum | older | $39.99 | 1,571 88% | 47k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,729) | League of Geeks |
| | Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder | older | $24.99 | 464 77% | 14k | $348k (exactly $347,861) | Game Source Studio |
| | Erannorth Chronicles | older | $20.99 | 407 85% | 12k | $256k (exactly $256,288) | Spyridon Thalassinos |
| | Talisman: Digital 5th Edition | $29.99 | 227 70% | 6.8k | $204k (exactly $204,232) | Nomad Games | |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! | older | $59.99 | 113 85% | 3.4k | $203k (exactly $203,366) | CyberConnect2 |
 | Endgame of Devil | older | $6.99 | 964 88% | 29k | $202k (exactly $202,151) | MiniWhale |
 | Kings of Israel | older | $4.99 | 93 89% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,922) | Alastair John Jack, Lance Hill |
 | The Devil's Chosen | · EA older | $7.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Opala Project |
 | Mighty Dungeons | older | $1.99 | 78 62% | 2.3k | $4.7k (exactly $4,657) | Yohan Launay, Frederic Gaillard |
 | Freak☆Ninja Wars | older | $19.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Fox .Inc |
 | Nightmare Mines | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | DreamSmith | |
 | Liar's Dice | $2.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Micester | |
 | Queendom | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Jellyfish Studio | |
 | The Last Game | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | IonForce Studio | |
 | ChessRPG | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nessarosa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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