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Should I ship a Robot Board Game?
Board Game + Robots
Only 10 developers shipped a Robot 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, Tactical Annihilation, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.6k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,863) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Robots
- 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
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2018 · $10M 
Akimbot 2024 · $456k 
Tactical Annihilation 2026 · $27k 
Ctrl Alt Deal 2025 · $17k 
Rise of Humanity 2021 · EA · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | older | $29.99 | 11,279 91% | 338k | $10M (exactly $10,147,716) | Bulwark Studios |
| | Akimbot | older | $19.99 | 761 82% | 23k | $456k (exactly $456,372) | Evil Raptor |
| | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
| | Ctrl Alt Deal | $19.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | Only By Midnight Ltd. | |
| | Rise of Humanity | · EA older | $19.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Cybernetic Walrus |
 | Dr. Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory | older | $9.99 | 50 94% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Symbolic Software |
 | HexaScape: Cyber Defense | $14.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Clockwork Origins | |
 | HexLab | older | $7.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Satur Entertainment |
 | UniWar | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Spooky House | |
 | Sente | $7.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Oxobox Games Studios | |
 | NEON Squad Tactics | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Tin Man Games | |
 | Biida-Bash | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Silver Thumb Games | |
 | Crossed Commands: Collision | · EA | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | SlightQuartz |
 | UNKNOWN FACES | · EA | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nerux Studio |
 | PONGBANG | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | LuminDrive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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