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Should I ship a Mahjong Board Game?

Board Game + Mahjong

Of 28 developers who shipped a Mahjong 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.. 21 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×9.1 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 21 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 9.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 155% on the market, 21 announced, ×1.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Board Game + Mahjong
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 28
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $1.8k → $12k → $178 → $1.5k → $1.2k (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Board Game + Mahjong: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 28
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $1.1k (exactly $1,079)
Top 25% $4.3k (exactly $4,341)
Top 5% $114k (exactly $114,417)
Developers, 2 yr 28
Released games 79
Announced 21
Effort 2 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 155% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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
Mahjong
effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
Systems
Board Game, Mahjong; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Tabletop, PvP
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Anime
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,375 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $1.1k, 1 in 4 over $4.3k, 1 in 20 over $110k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 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 second tag, 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. + Female ProtagonistFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 35 announced
  6. + HistoricalFair60 devs · median $1.3k · 81 announced
  7. + LGBTQ+Fair8 devs · median $1.2k · 5 announced
  8. + SpaceFair28 devs · median $1.2k · 27 announced
  9. + Alternate HistoryFair20 devs · median $1.2k · 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

Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns 2026 · $666k Mahjong 2017 · $177k Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle 2015 · $137k TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG 2024 · $114k Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016 · $87k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns $29.99 740 80% 22k $666k (exactly $665,778) ILLUMINATION
Mahjong older $9.99 589 84% 18k $177k (exactly $176,523) Sanuk Games
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle older $14.99 304 63% 9.1k $137k (exactly $136,709) Zoo Corporation
TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG $34.99 109 46% 3.3k $114k (exactly $114,417) D.N.A. Softwares
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) older $14.99 193 88% 5.8k $87k (exactly $86,792) Creobit
Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition older $14.99 187 64% 5.6k $84k (exactly $84,094) Zoo Corporation
Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire older $4.99 545 76% 16k $82k (exactly $81,586) Zoo Corporation
Mahjong Magic Journey older $14.99 136 80% 4.1k $61k (exactly $61,159) Creobit
Mahjong Club older $4.99 315 70% 9.5k $47k (exactly $47,156) PrinceXI
Delicious! Pretty Girls Mahjong Solitaire older $0.99 1,427 86% 43k $42k (exactly $42,382) Zoo Corporation
Feng Shui Meowjong $4.99 276 95% 8.3k $41k (exactly $41,317) Wavebreak Studio
dirtbag MAHJONG $9.99 51 96% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) paranoodle
Anomaly Mahjong $4.99 94 65% 2.8k $14k (exactly $14,072) YUTAMARO WORLD
Agari — Riichi Mahjong $6.99 27 96% 810 $5.7k (exactly $5,662) Ryan Sullenberger
Guandan $4.99 29 89% 870 $4.3k (exactly $4,341) Pixel Dance
ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ $3.99 20 25% 600 $2.4k (exactly $2,394) BG2研
🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸 $4.99 12 91% 360 $1.8k (exactly $1,796) Gossiam Games
Puppy Link - Tile Connect $2.99 17 88% 510 $1.5k (exactly $1,525) ZT-Studio

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