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Should I ship a Psychological Board Game?
Board Game + Psychological
Of 22 developers who shipped a Psychological 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.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 24 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 5% | $51k (exactly $50,957) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 60% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Board Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Tabletop, Gambling
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,327 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DragonsFair
Comparable games
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel 2020 · $2.9M 
Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity 2023 · $271k 
Menherarium: Deadly Dice 2026 · $180k 
Cut That Wire 2025 · $51k 
Deckline 2025 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel | older | $11.99 | 8,097 96% | 243k | $2.9M (exactly $2,912,491) | Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC |
| | Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity | older | $24.99 | 361 78% | 11k | $271k (exactly $270,642) | Fifth Harbour Studios |
| | Menherarium: Deadly Dice | $8.99 | 669 92% | 20k | $180k (exactly $180,429) | テスカトリポカ | |
| | Cut That Wire | $6.99 | 243 84% | 7.3k | $51k (exactly $50,957) | WakaStudio | |
| | Deckline | $3.99 | 294 86% | 8.8k | $35k (exactly $35,192) | Room Games, KREIDPIX | |
 | FINAL SPIN | older | $4.99 | 195 91% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,192) | bati, loardjosef |
 | FLATHEAD | older | $1.99 | 386 93% | 12k | $23k (exactly $23,044) | Tim Oxton |
 | 초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임 | $4.99 | 60 80% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | leeroom shin | |
 | BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons | older | $1.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $7.1k (exactly $7,104) | Deep Green Games |
 | The Journey - Episode 2: Words of Wisdom | older | $1.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,672) | Randumb Studios |
 | A Game of D.I.C.E. | $2.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | Reija | |
 | 17 Steps | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | SmilingMiles |
 | Chalk & Blood | · EA | $8.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | BoiraTech |
 | BOT.vinnik Chess: Legendary Queens | $1.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Deep Green Games | |
 | Feed The Gods | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | TedRed | |
 | アネモネ / Anemone | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Jloo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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