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Party Game + Card Game
Of 59 developers who shipped a Card Game Party 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.. 83 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $97k, ×205 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 83 games are announced against 51 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 5% | $97k (exactly $97,425) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 59 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 540% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game, Card Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, PvP, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,736 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 51 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
UNO 2017 · $13M 
ROUNDS 2021 · $6.4M 
Youtubers Life 3 2026 · $281k 
Bogos Binted? 2026 · $187k 
Exploding Kittens® 2 2024 · $167k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | UNO | older | $9.99 | 42,019 70% | 1.3M | $13M (exactly $12,593,094) | Ubisoft Entertainment |
| | ROUNDS | older | $5.99 | 35,738 95% | 1.1M | $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) | Landfall |
| | Youtubers Life 3 | $19.99 | 468 50% | 14k | $281k (exactly $280,660) | UPLAY Online | |
| | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
| | 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 | |
 | MACHI KORO With Everyone | older | $24.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Grounding Inc. |
 | Capote | $5.99 | 397 97% | 12k | $71k (exactly $71,341) | Luski Game Studio | |
 | RiffTrax: The Game | older | $9.99 | 219 91% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,634) | Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt… (Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt Wojda) |
 | Awkward | older | $11.99 | 90 72% | 2.7k | $32k (exactly $32,373) | Snap Finger Click |
 | Spider Roulette | $4.99 | 143 91% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,407) | Kud | |
 | One Last Hand | $6.99 | 86 70% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,034) | Fire Brick Games | |
 | Gnaughty Gnomes | $7.99 | 71 100% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $17,019) | SandCastles Studio | |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | Duo Quest | $14.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | 1+1 Studios | |
 | S.A.L.A.M.E. | $3.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $11k (exactly $11,012) | LTP Argentina |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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