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Should I ship a Typing Board Game?
Board Game + Typing
Only 16 developers shipped a Typing 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 You Quiz, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 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. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 5% | $30k (exactly $29,970) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 up 440% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Online Co-Op, PvP
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Text-Based, 2D, Cartoon
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 278 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DragonsFair
Comparable games
RiffTrax: The Game 2022 · $66k 
The You Quiz 2025 · $30k 
ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game 2018 · $18k 
Liar Game 2025 · $9.8k 
Mini Words - minimalist puzzle 2019 · $9.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RiffTrax: The Game | older | $9.99 | 219 91% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,634) | Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt… (Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt Wojda) |
| | The You Quiz | $9.99 | 100 93% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Hazard Wizard | |
| | ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game | older | $11.99 | 50 74% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,985) | Snap Finger Click |
| | Liar Game | $2.99 | 109 82% | 3.3k | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) | Kark Project | |
| | 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 | |
 | Mini Words: Top Games | older | $1.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $3.5k (exactly $3,463) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Sudoku | $4.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Paint by Words | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Oleg Sereda | |
 | Write Warz | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Boltz Entertainment | |
 | Love Letters: First Bloom | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Mini Games: 30 in 1 - Unpacking Hyper-Casual Fun Challenges | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Hangman Pro | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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