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Should I ship a Dog Card Game?
Card Game + Dogs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dog Card 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, Dogpile, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $630. Revenue is up 260% on the market; 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 25% | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) |
| Top 5% | $212k (exactly $212,188) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 up 260% on the market, supply 15% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Card Game
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 93% positive over 1,096 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Card Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
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- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Board GameFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
Everdell 2022 · $346k 
Dogpile 2025 · $212k 
DOG WITCH 2025 · $97k 
Doll Explorer 2023 · $29k 
Shephy 2017 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
| | Dogpile | $9.99 | 708 95% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Studio Folly, Toot Games, Foot | |
| | DOG WITCH | $9.99 | 323 89% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,803) | Heckmouse | |
| | Doll Explorer | older | $9.99 | 96 91% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Pico Games |
| | Shephy | older | $4.99 | 187 74% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $27,994) | Arc System Works |
 | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
 | Golden Record Retriever | older | $15.99 | 41 56% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $19,668) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
 | Buddy and Lucky Solitaire | older | $2.99 | 97 82% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Animals Memory: Dogs | older | $3.99 | 46 76% | 1.4k | $5.5k (exactly $5,506) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Mirror Throne: Auto Battler | $6.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Zackavelli | |
 | Kemotaku | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Kojika Games | |
 | Grimslair | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | ThunderRam Studios | |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Bobo in Hell | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Arcana Rebels | |
 | 料理乱斗 | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | NanZhai Game | |
 | Paw Paw Death Festival | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Daiyu.studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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