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Should I ship a Minigames Board Game?
Board Game + Minigames
Only 7 developers shipped a Minigames 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, Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.6k against a market of $120. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $24.99 |
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 260% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game, Minigames
- Price point
- $24.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 50,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Party Panic 2017 · $1.5M 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! 2024 · $203k 
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 2021 · $165k 
A=B 2022 · $136k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Party Panic | older | $16.99 | 2,886 76% | 87k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,994) | Everglow Interactive Inc. |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! | older | $59.99 | 113 85% | 3.4k | $203k (exactly $203,366) | CyberConnect2 |
| | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
| | A=B | older | $4.99 | 908 94% | 27k | $136k (exactly $135,928) | Artless Games |
 | Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™ | older | $19.99 | 102 71% | 3.1k | $61k (exactly $61,169) | Mousechief |
 | Fort Boyard | older | $24.99 | 41 53% | 1.2k | $31k (exactly $30,738) | Appeal Studio |
 | Metal Heads | · EA older | $13.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $14k (exactly $14,270) | Otreum Games, Nathan Francis |
 | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
 | Fortress Challenge : Fort Boyard | older | $39.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $11k (exactly $10,797) | Breakfirst |
 | Educational Family Games | $24.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $7.5k (exactly $7,497) | Crazysoft Limited | |
 | Grizzy and the Lemmings - Crazy Party | $39.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Balio Studio | |
 | 100 in 1 Game Collection | $29.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | Digital Bards | |
 | Politiks - Satirical Roguelite Deckbuilder | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | myradann |
 | Mini Games: 30 in 1 - Unpacking Hyper-Casual Fun Challenges | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Winter Games Collection + Advent Calendar | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Denda Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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