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Should I ship a Female-Led Board Game?

Board Game + Female Protagonist

Of 35 developers who shipped a Female-Led 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.. 35 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 35 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 35 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Board Game + Female Protagonist
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 35
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $1.9k → $897 → $899 → $449 → $15k → $2.5k (still earning) → $386 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Board Game + Female Protagonist: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 35
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $2.4k (exactly $2,394)
Top 25% $18k (exactly $17,515)
Top 5% $248k (exactly $247,525)
Developers, 2 yr 35
Released games 141
Announced 35
Effort 3 / 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 20% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Female Protagonist
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Board Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Card Game
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 94% positive over 5,865 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $2.4k, 1 in 4 over $17k, 1 in 20 over $240k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Party-Based RPGFair24 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  2. + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair30 devs · median $6.7k · 33 announced
  3. + JRPGFair13 devs · median $2.5k · 7 announced
  4. + Local Co-OpFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 41 announced
  5. + HistoricalFair60 devs · median $1.3k · 81 announced
  6. + LGBTQ+Fair8 devs · median $1.2k · 5 announced
  7. + SpaceFair28 devs · median $1.2k · 27 announced
  8. + Alternate HistoryFair20 devs · median $1.2k · 21 announced
  9. + MahjongFair28 devs · median $1.1k · 21 announced
  10. + Party GameFair72 devs · median $899 · 98 announced
  11. + DragonsFair15 devs · median $838 · 15 announced
  12. + DogsFair11 devs · median $776 · 6 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Hand of Fate 2 2017 · $4.7M 100% Orange Juice 2014 · $3.1M StarVaders 2025 · $2.8M NEOVERSE 2020 · $1.7M Lara Croft GO 2016 · $981k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Hand of Fate 2 older $29.99 5,273 84% 158k $4.7M (exactly $4,744,118) Defiant Development
100% Orange Juice older $6.99 14,786 93% 444k $3.1M (exactly $3,100,624) Orange_Juice, Fruitbat Factory
StarVaders $24.99 3,760 97% 113k $2.8M (exactly $2,818,872) Pengonauts
NEOVERSE older $19.99 2,882 84% 86k $1.7M (exactly $1,728,335) Tinogames Inc.
Lara Croft GO older $9.99 3,274 94% 98k $981k (exactly $981,218) Square Enix Montréal
Heart of Crown PC older $24.99 528 80% 16k $396k (exactly $395,842) illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, Japanime Digital
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder older $24.99 464 77% 14k $348k (exactly $347,861) Game Source Studio
Console Shop Simulator · EA $15.99 516 92% 15k $248k (exactly $247,525) Lance Games
One Deck Dungeon older $9.99 783 81% 23k $235k (exactly $234,665) Handelabra Games Inc.
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition older $17.99 434 80% 13k $234k (exactly $234,230) Dotemu, Capybara Games
Dungeon Inn · EA $12.99 594 92% 18k $231k (exactly $231,482) Cat Society
Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution $24.99 72 68% 2.2k $54k (exactly $53,978) Studio Imugi
Succubus Roulette $2.99 561 90% 17k $50k (exactly $50,322) PurpleCrit
Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast · EA $9.99 117 92% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,065) Starcrow Dev
Roach Post $12.99 57 100% 1.7k $22k (exactly $22,213) KARP GAMES
Calamity Angels: Special Delivery $29.99 20 50% 600 $18k (exactly $17,994) Idea Factory, Compile Heart
Body Pay "OMG! The girl with the big titties is too hitting on me!" $4.99 117 73% 3.5k $18k (exactly $17,515) Cheese Burger Studio
dirtbag MAHJONG $9.99 51 96% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) paranoodle

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.