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Should I ship a Steampunk Board Game?
Board Game + Steampunk
Only 9 developers shipped a Steampunk 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.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×178 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $35,077) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, 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
- Steampunk
- 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
- $6.99 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 86% positive over 10,770 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Gremlins, Inc. 2016 · $3.9M 
Scythe: Digital Edition 2018 · $1.9M 
Erannorth Chronicles 2021 · $256k 
Erannorth Renaissance 2025 · $112k 
Dawnmaker 2024 · $70k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gremlins, Inc. | older | $19.99 | 6,562 85% | 197k | $3.9M (exactly $3,935,231) | Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive En… (Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment) |
| | Scythe: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,164 89% | 95k | $1.9M (exactly $1,897,451) | The Knights of Unity |
| | Erannorth Chronicles | older | $20.99 | 407 85% | 12k | $256k (exactly $256,288) | Spyridon Thalassinos |
| | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
| | Dawnmaker | older | $14.99 | 156 91% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Arpentor Studio |
 | Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution | $24.99 | 72 68% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Studio Imugi | |
 | Barrage | $14.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Cranio Lab | |
 | Neuroshima Hex | $9.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | Baked Games | |
 | Golden Record Retriever | older | $15.99 | 41 56% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $19,668) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
 | Plaguepunk Justice | older | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Maris Ozols |
 | Tinker-World: Arrival at Kedhreon | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | From The Cave, TibiSoft | |
 | Specter: The Battle of the Mind | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AlguemBonitinho | |
 | Geargrid Tile Match | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Sky Mates | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Explosive Pixel | |
 | Runes & Rivets | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dano Sato |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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