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Immersive Sim + Board Game
Of 32 developers who shipped a Board Game Immersive Sim 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.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $390 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $248k (exactly $247,525) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 up 80% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Board Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,444 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Depersonalization 2024 · $3.6M 
Solium Infernum 2024 · $1.9M 
Just Go 2022 · $967k 
Supercar Collection Simulator 2025 · $595k 
Console Shop Simulator 2025 · EA · $248k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Depersonalization | older | $19.99 | 6,041 92% | 181k | $3.6M (exactly $3,622,788) | MeowNature |
| | Solium Infernum | older | $39.99 | 1,571 88% | 47k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,729) | League of Geeks |
| | Just Go | older | $9.99 | 3,227 92% | 97k | $967k (exactly $967,132) | Studio Amateur |
| | Supercar Collection Simulator | $12.99 | 1,528 85% | 46k | $595k (exactly $595,462) | Kiki Games | |
| | Console Shop Simulator | · EA | $15.99 | 516 92% | 15k | $248k (exactly $247,525) | Lance Games |
 | Tiny Civilization | older | $1.99 | 2,134 92% | 64k | $127k (exactly $127,400) | 喜人一个 |
 | Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition | older | $15.99 | 233 74% | 7.0k | $112k (exactly $111,770) | Ripstone |
 | Moves Of The Diamond Hand | · EA | $19.99 | 105 100% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | Switchball HD | older | $12.99 | 145 88% | 4.4k | $57k (exactly $56,506) | Atomic Elbow |
 | Midnight Mahjong | older | $6.99 | 227 64% | 6.8k | $48k (exactly $47,602) | AleCubicSoft |
 | Table Battle Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $33k (exactly $33,124) | Kiki Games |
 | SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD | $9.99 | 73 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Logix Interactive | |
 | Pro Strategy Football 2026 | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Kerry Batts | |
 | 초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임 | $4.99 | 60 80% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | leeroom shin | |
 | All On Board! | $9.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | The Game Kitchen | |
 | 12 Months: Vietnam | $3.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | AlphaSixGames | |
 | ScreenSaver Battle | $2.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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