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Should I ship a Card Battler Time Management game?
Card Battler + Time Management
Only 18 developers shipped a Card Battler Time Management 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, Office Life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×2178 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,452) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,034,482) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 down 90% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Card Battler, Time Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Card Game, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Lore-Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,740 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ArcadeFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + GamblingFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Retirement Simulator 2022 · EA · $1.6M 
Office Life 2024 · $1.0M 
Card Cultivation 2026 · $312k 
Dragon Creek 2021 · $60k 
中国战疫 2022 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Retirement Simulator | · EA older | $13.99 | 3,757 34% | 113k | $1.6M (exactly $1,576,813) | DoubleThink Studio |
| | Office Life | $19.99 | 1,725 88% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,034,482) | LeiYun Games | |
| | Card Cultivation | $14.99 | 694 70% | 21k | $312k (exactly $312,092) | DarkIndex | |
| | Dragon Creek | older | $14.99 | 133 87% | 4.0k | $60k (exactly $59,810) | ∇ |
| | 中国战疫 | older | $16.99 | 64 76% | 1.9k | $33k (exactly $32,621) | 不吃蛋黄 |
 | TypInc. | $9.99 | 102 74% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Game Game Games | |
 | The Last Craftsman | $9.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | AuraTummyache | |
 | 宠物街金鱼姬 Pet Street Story | $8.99 | 61 98% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,452) | 小鲤应援会 | |
 | In Her Eyes | older | $9.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | NotDeadLuna Studio |
 | h8machine | older | $9.99 | 44 93% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | gaem by jj |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | Cat Guardian | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Yaeegy | |
 | Cycling Champion | · EA | $8.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | RaulM |
 | Gene Crawl: Dungeon Descent | $6.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Jabran | |
 | Chess Hunt | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | 1SoloDevStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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