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FPS + Board Game
Only 9 developers shipped a Board Game FPS 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, Liar's Bar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $475 (exactly $475) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,469) |
| Top 5% | $10M (exactly $10,214,068) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 700% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- 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
- FPS, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 50,566 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Liar's Bar 2024 · EA · $10M 
Bogos Binted? 2026 · $187k 
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition 2015 · $84k 
The Bluecoats: North & South 2020 · $79k 
Midnight Mahjong 2021 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Liar's Bar | · EA | $6.99 | 48,708 89% | 1.5M | $10M (exactly $10,214,068) | Curve Animation |
| | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
| | Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition | older | $14.99 | 187 64% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $84,094) | Zoo Corporation |
| | The Bluecoats: North & South | older | $14.99 | 176 61% | 5.3k | $79k (exactly $79,147) | Appeal Studios |
| | Midnight Mahjong | older | $6.99 | 227 64% | 6.8k | $48k (exactly $47,602) | AleCubicSoft |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | NaziShoot | older | $4.99 | 23 47% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | EcoShooter |
 | Relaxing VR Games: Mahjong | older | $2.99 | 24 33% | 720 | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) | CrazyBunch |
 | The Good, The Bad & The Monkey | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Take Away Interactive | |
 | Sex Adventure - The Board Game | older | $2.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | CritoGames |
 | STAB! | · EA | $0.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $475 (exactly $475) | mightyraccoon! Studios |
 | RouletteCircus | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | StudioMohaji |
 | Phase Party | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Estimado Studio |
 | Buttons Deathline | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Blackblood Games | |
 | Fool's Pub | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NOSTRA.GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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