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Should I ship a Gothic Card Game?
Card Game + Gothic
Only 18 developers shipped a Gothic 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, Trainee Death Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 55 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $660, ×1.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×661 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 55 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $659 (exactly $659) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,986) |
| Top 5% | $314k (exactly $313,756) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 160% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Card Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Card Battler
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,569 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 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
Trainee Death Simulator 2024 · $314k 
The Horror at Highrook 2025 · $276k 
Erannorth Chronicles 2021 · $256k 
Deliverance & Reign 2023 · $25k 
Claymores of the Lost Kingdom 2024 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trainee Death Simulator | $5.99 | 1,746 92% | 52k | $314k (exactly $313,756) | Bone Nail | |
| | The Horror at Highrook | $19.99 | 461 90% | 14k | $276k (exactly $276,462) | Nullpointer Games | |
| | Erannorth Chronicles | older | $20.99 | 407 85% | 12k | $256k (exactly $256,288) | Spyridon Thalassinos |
| | Deliverance & Reign | older | $7.99 | 106 80% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,408) | One Up Plus |
| | Claymores of the Lost Kingdom | $9.99 | 83 67% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Ultaan Games | |
 | CARD QUEST | $9.99 | 72 69% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | MEOW STORE GAME | |
 | Fortune Seller | $6.99 | 81 85% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,986) | Kiwick | |
 | Summoner's Gambit | $7.99 | 69 52% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Billion Studio | |
 | Ashes of Morgravia | $11.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,467) | background blur. | |
 | Spider Solitaire F | older | $4.99 | 23 39% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | ESQUADRA,inc. |
 | Tears of the Maker | $5.00 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,200) | 8-Bit Waves | |
 | Escape Ruin | · EA | $10.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | To The Core Games |
 | Problematic | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Galactrex Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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