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Should I ship a Mythological Board Game?
Board Game + Mythology
Only 12 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Touhou: Divine Land -Majesty in Game-, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 27 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,852) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,834) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 450% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Board Game
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 92% positive over 106 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Depersonalization 2024 · $3.6M 
Thea: The Awakening 2015 · $2.0M 
Solium Infernum 2024 · $1.9M 
Blood Rage: Digital Edition 2020 · $286k 
Egyptian Senet 2015 · $60k | 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 |
| | Thea: The Awakening | older | $19.99 | 3,318 87% | 100k | $2.0M (exactly $1,989,805) | MuHa Games |
| | Solium Infernum | older | $39.99 | 1,571 88% | 47k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,729) | League of Geeks |
| | Blood Rage: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 477 58% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | Endava |
| | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | Pendragon: Narrative Tactics | older | $16.99 | 115 67% | 3.5k | $59k (exactly $58,615) | inkle Ltd |
 | Cardnarok: Raid with Gods | older | $19.99 | 76 72% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Greedy Wolf Studio |
 | Touhou: Divine Land -Majesty in Game- | $14.99 | 53 92% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Oct.Works | |
 | Sons of Ra | older | $14.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Pharaoh Hound Games |
 | Yag | older | $16.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $16k (exactly $15,801) | Bonjourcoco |
 | Areteion | $19.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | juxtapositioned | |
 | Match! The 12 CZ Wars | $5.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $4.9k (exactly $4,852) | CorvusCorax Studio | |
 | Conjurers | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Carl Treadway | |
 | Myth Finders | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | 8floor ltd | |
 | Warriors Waifus Mahjong | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Sweet Banana Games | |
 | 西游释厄传 | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 班超工作室 | |
 | Codex Combat | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Moosecliff Games | |
 | Think and Choice | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OldWilder7 | |
 | Mythos | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Brain Juice |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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