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Party Game + Board Game
Of 72 developers who shipped a Board Game Party 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.. 98 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $60. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 98 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $376,974) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 72 |
| Released games | 143 |
| Announced | 98 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.50 |
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 170% on the market, supply 225% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game, Board Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Strategy, Tabletop
- Price point
- $5.50 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Colorful, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.50.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 8,943 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Card BattlerFair
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- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
UNO 2017 · $13M 
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 2015 · $6.4M 
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016 · $3.9M 
The Jackbox Party Pack 7 2020 · $3.6M | 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 |
| | UNO | older | $9.99 | 42,019 70% | 1.3M | $13M (exactly $12,593,094) | Ubisoft Entertainment |
| | Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | older | $14.99 | 14,331 97% | 430k | $6.4M (exactly $6,444,651) | Steel Crate Games |
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 3 | older | $24.99 | 5,139 96% | 154k | $3.9M (exactly $3,852,708) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 7 | older | $29.99 | 4,001 96% | 120k | $3.6M (exactly $3,599,700) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 6 | older | $29.99 | 2,343 95% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,107,997) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 5 | older | $29.99 | 2,180 93% | 65k | $2.0M (exactly $1,961,346) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 4 | older | $24.99 | 2,478 94% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,857,757) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | Party Panic | older | $16.99 | 2,886 76% | 87k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,994) | Everglow Interactive Inc. |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack | older | $24.99 | 1,467 90% | 44k | $1.1M (exactly $1,099,810) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
 | Guilty as Sock! | $5.50 | 4,836 89% | 145k | $798k (exactly $797,940) | Demon Max | |
 | Walk of Life | $19.99 | 888 94% | 27k | $533k (exactly $532,534) | Porcelain Fortress | |
 | NEW MONOPOLY® | $29.99 | 531 36% | 16k | $478k (exactly $477,741) | UBISOFT, Engine Software | |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 11 | $29.99 | 419 93% | 13k | $377k (exactly $376,974) | Jackbox Games, Inc. | |
 | DOKAPON! Sword of Fury | $24.99 | 354 85% | 11k | $265k (exactly $265,394) | Sting | |
 | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
 | Capote | $5.99 | 397 97% | 12k | $71k (exactly $71,341) | Luski Game Studio | |
 | Deadly Trick | · EA | $8.99 | 141 95% | 4.2k | $38k (exactly $38,028) | Finalblow Co. |
 | The You Quiz | $9.99 | 100 93% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Hazard Wizard | |
 | Spider Roulette | $4.99 | 143 91% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,407) | Kud |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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