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Should I ship a Cat Card Game?
Card Game + Cats
Of 35 developers who shipped a Cat Card 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.. 58 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×13 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×2902 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 58 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,225) |
| Top 5% | $345k (exactly $345,370) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 74 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 35% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Card Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Deckbuilding, Strategy, Roguelike
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,674 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SteampunkFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DogsFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Board GameFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Cat God Ranch 2024 · $549k 
Beastro 2026 · $359k 
Everdell 2022 · $346k 
Epic Auto Towers 2024 · EA · $345k 
Exploding Kittens® 2 2024 · $167k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cat God Ranch | older | $9.99 | 1,831 92% | 55k | $549k (exactly $548,751) | CrazyPotato Studio |
| | Beastro | $19.99 | 598 92% | 18k | $359k (exactly $358,621) | Timberline Studio | |
| | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
| | Epic Auto Towers | · EA | $14.99 | 768 70% | 23k | $345k (exactly $345,370) | Aleksandr Golovkin |
| | Exploding Kittens® 2 | older | $12.49 | 447 75% | 13k | $167k (exactly $167,491) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
 | Abra-Cooking-Dabra | $12.99 | 250 75% | 7.5k | $97k (exactly $97,425) | Door 407 | |
 | Roulette Hero | $9.99 | 260 92% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | CLLC Studio | |
 | Replicat | $9.99 | 213 99% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,836) | Brainoid Games | |
 | Feng Shui Meowjong | $4.99 | 276 95% | 8.3k | $41k (exactly $41,317) | Wavebreak Studio | |
 | Claws Of Power | $6.99 | 170 80% | 5.1k | $36k (exactly $35,649) | 蒜苗 | |
 | CARD QUEST | $9.99 | 72 69% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | MEOW STORE GAME | |
 | Cats & Dice | · EA | $7.99 | 51 76% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Yongjustyong |
 | King of Tokyo - Richard Garfield | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Breakfirst |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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