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Should I ship a Trivia Board Game?

Board Game + Trivia

Only 18 developers shipped a Trivia 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, The Jackbox Party Pack 11, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 14 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 3.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 65% on the market, 29 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Board Game + Trivia
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 18
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $479 → $1.9k → $299 → $30k → $299 (still earning) → $449 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Board Game + Trivia: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 18
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,236)
Top 5% $377k (exactly $376,974)
Developers, 2 yr 18
Released games 65
Announced 29
Effort 2 / 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 65% on the market, supply 250% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Trivia
effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
Systems
Board Game, Trivia; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Local Co-Op, Local Multiplayer, 4 Player Local
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Colorful, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 883 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $450, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $370k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 29 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Board Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Party-Based RPGFair24 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  2. + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair30 devs · median $6.7k · 33 announced
  3. + JRPGFair13 devs · median $2.5k · 7 announced
  4. + Local Co-OpFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 41 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistFair35 devs · median $2.4k · 35 announced
  6. + HistoricalFair60 devs · median $1.3k · 81 announced
  7. + LGBTQ+Fair8 devs · median $1.2k · 5 announced
  8. + SpaceFair28 devs · median $1.2k · 27 announced
  9. + Alternate HistoryFair20 devs · median $1.2k · 21 announced
  10. + MahjongFair28 devs · median $1.1k · 21 announced
  11. + Party GameFair72 devs · median $899 · 98 announced
  12. + DragonsFair15 devs · median $838 · 15 announced

All 152 pairs on the Board Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

The Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016 · $3.9M The Jackbox Party Pack 7 2020 · $3.6M The Jackbox Party Pack 6 2019 · $2.1M The Jackbox Party Pack 5 2018 · $2.0M The Jackbox Party Pack 4 2017 · $1.9M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 older $24.99 5,139 96% 154k $3.9M (exactly $3,852,708) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 7 older $29.99 4,001 96% 120k $3.6M (exactly $3,599,700) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 6 older $29.99 2,343 95% 70k $2.1M (exactly $2,107,997) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 older $29.99 2,180 93% 65k $2.0M (exactly $1,961,346) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 4 older $24.99 2,478 94% 74k $1.9M (exactly $1,857,757) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack older $24.99 1,467 90% 44k $1.1M (exactly $1,099,810) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 older $24.99 1,447 95% 43k $1.1M (exactly $1,084,816) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 older $29.99 1,134 90% 34k $1.0M (exactly $1,020,260) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 9 older $29.99 605 84% 18k $544k (exactly $544,318) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 older $29.99 500 65% 15k $450k (exactly $449,850) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Party Pack 11 $29.99 419 93% 13k $377k (exactly $376,974) Jackbox Games, Inc.
The Jackbox Survey Scramble $9.99 318 90% 9.5k $95k (exactly $95,305) Jackbox Games, Inc
The You Quiz $9.99 100 93% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Hazard Wizard
Educational Family Games $24.99 10 100% 300 $7.5k (exactly $7,497) Crazysoft Limited
Trailmarks $8.99 12 91% 360 $3.2k (exactly $3,236) Trailmarks HQ
Play Together: Party Games $14.99 5 60% 150 $2.2k (exactly $2,248) Plot Interactive
Paint by Words $4.99 7 100% 210 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) Oleg Sereda
Trivia Tycoon $3.99 8 75% 240 $958 (exactly $958) Jasper Labs
Color Block Escape $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) FWGames
Pyramid of Wisdom $9.99 1 0% 30 $300 (exactly $300) FlagmanJeremy

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.