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Should I ship a Pirate Board Game?
Board Game + Pirates
Only 9 developers shipped a Pirate 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, Erannorth Renaissance, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.49 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Pirates
- 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
- $7.49 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 $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,522 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 6 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Nantucket 2018 · $422k 
Erannorth Renaissance 2025 · $112k 
Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown 2021 · $66k 
Paper Pirates 2020 · $45k 
Here Be Dragons 2020 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nantucket | older | $17.99 | 782 78% | 23k | $422k (exactly $422,045) | Picaresque Games |
| | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
| | Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown | older | $19.99 | 110 77% | 3.3k | $66k (exactly $65,967) | Tin Man Games, Zero One Studio |
| | Paper Pirates | older | $12.99 | 115 91% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Iteration Games |
| | Here Be Dragons | older | $9.99 | 133 63% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,860) | Red Zero Games |
 | Smash Up | older | $6.99 | 141 60% | 4.2k | $30k (exactly $29,568) | Nomad Games |
 | Griddlers Legend Of The Pirates | older | $14.99 | 17 35% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Somer Games |
 | A Token War | older | $12.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | UpRoom Games |
 | Seven Seas Jewels Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Anawiki Games | |
 | Pirates - Digital Strategy Game | · EA older | $9.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Twin Dimensional Productions |
 | Old Salt | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Kneeshaw Developments, Never Board Games | |
 | Animal Times | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fusion 29 | |
 | Hnefatafl Online | · EA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | iDiOSLAB |
 | Liar's Dice | $7.49 | 1 0% | 30 | $225 (exactly $225) | YOAMB | |
 | Pirates Ludo: Kanhoji's Island | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Genie Gaming | |
 | YohohoDice | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SecDeveloper |
 | Skull Port | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GD Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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