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Score Attack + Board Game
Of 53 developers who shipped a Board Game Score Attack 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.. 45 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 36 developers shipped in the last year and 45 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,868) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 45 |
| 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 355% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Score Attack, Board Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelike, Tabletop
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,032 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 36 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Lorenzo il Magnifico 2020 · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
| | Roll | older | $4.99 | 407 91% | 12k | $61k (exactly $60,928) | Joseph Distler |
| | Deckline | $3.99 | 294 86% | 8.8k | $35k (exactly $35,192) | Room Games, KREIDPIX | |
| | Monmusu Gladiator | older | $4.99 | 196 93% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,341) | ZephyrStudio |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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