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Should I ship a Gambling Card Game?
Card Game + Gambling
Of 126 developers who shipped a Gambling 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.. 167 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×5.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 167 games are announced against 89 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,770) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 126 |
| Released games | 258 |
| Announced | 167 |
| 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 140% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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, Gambling; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Battler, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 36,723 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 56 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 167 games are announced against 89 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Gamble With Your Friends 2026 · $4.5M 
Poker Night at the Inventory 2026 · $2.4M 
Card Shark 2022 · $1.8M 
RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike 2026 · $1.5M 
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers 2024 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gamble With Your Friends | $7.99 | 18,883 89% | 566k | $4.5M (exactly $4,526,255) | TEAM GWYF | |
| | Poker Night at the Inventory | $9.99 | 8,143 94% | 244k | $2.4M (exactly $2,440,457) | Skunkape Games | |
| | Card Shark | older | $19.99 | 2,965 90% | 89k | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,110) | Nerial |
| | RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike | $11.99 | 4,239 82% | 127k | $1.5M (exactly $1,524,768) | Doraccoon | |
| | Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers | older | $14.99 | 2,988 81% | 90k | $1.3M (exactly $1,343,704) | Purple Moss Collectors |
 | This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker | $5.99 | 1,781 86% | 53k | $320k (exactly $320,046) | Mash | |
 | Poker Club | older | $19.99 | 506 58% | 15k | $303k (exactly $303,448) | Ripstone |
 | Bingle Bingle | $14.99 | 666 80% | 20k | $300k (exactly $299,500) | Knitting Games | |
 | Big Winner | $12.99 | 550 82% | 17k | $214k (exactly $214,335) | iFAction Studio | |
 | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
 | All in Abyss: Judge the Fake | $15.99 | 375 54% | 11k | $180k (exactly $179,888) | ACQUIRE Corp., WSS playground | |
 | Spin Hero | $7.99 | 573 73% | 17k | $137k (exactly $137,348) | Sphere Studios | |
 | Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko | $6.99 | 379 67% | 11k | $79k (exactly $79,476) | Raphus & Co. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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