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Should I ship a Spelling Board Game?
Board Game + Spelling
Only 19 developers shipped a Spelling 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, Beyond Words, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) |
| Top 5% | $46k (exactly $45,869) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Spelling
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game, Spelling; all of the top 25% also carry Deckbuilding, Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 193 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2020 · $364k 
你已经猜到结局了吗 2022 · $93k 
Beyond Words 2026 · $46k 
CrossCraze 2024 · $29k 
Happy Words 2019 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | older | $29.99 | 405 52% | 12k | $364k (exactly $364,378) | Appeal Studios, Balio Studio |
| | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
| | Beyond Words | $14.99 | 102 84% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | MindFuel Games | |
| | CrossCraze | older | $17.99 | 54 98% | 1.6k | $29k (exactly $29,144) | ORT Software |
| | Happy Words | older | $4.99 | 121 46% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | LAN - GAMES LTD |
 | ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game | older | $11.99 | 50 74% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,985) | Snap Finger Click |
 | Watchword | $13.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $14k (exactly $13,850) | Big Quail Games | |
 | Mini Words - minimalist puzzle | older | $1.99 | 161 94% | 4.8k | $9.6k (exactly $9,612) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Letterlike | $7.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $7.0k (exactly $6,951) | Puzzlelike Studios | |
 | Ragnar's Chinese Memory Game | older | $5.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | Ragnar Brynjúlfsson |
 | Jargon | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Damon D'Amico | |
 | SPELLCAST | $10.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | BEDiBUG Concepts | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Trivia Tycoon | $3.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Jasper Labs | |
 | Wordy Online - Classic Word Games | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | ArcoDev | |
 | Pyramid of Wisdom | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | FlagmanJeremy | |
 | Love Letters: First Bloom | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | MixoGames Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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