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Should I ship a Board Game Time Management game?
Time Management + Board Game
Of 42 developers who shipped a Board Game Time Management 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.. 26 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 23 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 5% | $231k (exactly $231,482) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 42 |
| Released games | 94 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 down 40% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- 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
- Time Management, Board Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Simulation, Resource Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 2,431 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
No Time to Relax 2019 · $1.0M 
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator 2021 · $774k 
Walk of Life 2026 · $533k 
Console Shop Simulator 2025 · EA · $248k 
Dungeon Inn 2024 · EA · $231k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | No Time to Relax | older | $13.99 | 2,486 92% | 75k | $1.0M (exactly $1,043,374) | Porcelain Fortress |
| | Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,033 77% | 31k | $774k (exactly $774,440) | Broken Arms Games |
| | Walk of Life | $19.99 | 888 94% | 27k | $533k (exactly $532,534) | Porcelain Fortress | |
| | Console Shop Simulator | · EA | $15.99 | 516 92% | 15k | $248k (exactly $247,525) | Lance Games |
| | Dungeon Inn | · EA | $12.99 | 594 92% | 18k | $231k (exactly $231,482) | Cat Society |
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 | Master of Chess | $19.99 | 290 83% | 8.7k | $174k (exactly $173,913) | BRANE | |
 | Alice's Patchwork | older | $9.99 | 214 86% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $64,136) | Creobit |
 | Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia 2 | older | $13.99 | 98 61% | 2.9k | $41k (exactly $41,131) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Rough Justice: '84 | older | $19.99 | 67 64% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Gamma Minus |
 | Automatic Kingdom | $12.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Matthew Pontarolo | |
 | Legacy of Sin: Ill-Boding | $12.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $9.0k (exactly $8,963) | Absolute Power Game Studio | |
 | Rail Estate | $7.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Holonautic | |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | AUTARKIS | $4.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | rockingprojects | |
 | Trailmarks | $8.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Trailmarks HQ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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