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Should I ship a Card Game Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Card Game

Of 74 developers who shipped a Card Game Score Attack 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.. 110 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $35k, ×74 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 110 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 60% on the market, 110 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Card Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 74
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $119 → $179 → $3.1k → $3.3k → $2.0k → $450 → $539 (still earning) → $239 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Card Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 74
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $538 (exactly $538)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,229)
Top 5% $35k (exactly $35,192)
Developers, 2 yr 74
Released games 126
Announced 110
Effort 3 / 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 down 60% on the market, supply 190% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Card Game
effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Card Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelite, Deckbuilding
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,207 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $540, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $35k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 110 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't 2026 · $314k Bingle Bingle 2026 · $300k Dice Player One 2024 · $205k Lucky Shot 2026 · $57k SOULVARS 2023 · $36k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't $14.99 698 95% 21k $314k (exactly $313,891) Buried Things
Bingle Bingle $14.99 666 80% 20k $300k (exactly $299,500) Knitting Games
Dice Player One older $14.99 456 90% 14k $205k (exactly $205,063) KDream
Lucky Shot $12.99 147 97% 4.4k $57k (exactly $57,286) Deliver Games
SOULVARS older $16.99 70 78% 2.1k $36k (exactly $35,679) ginolabo, SUCCESS Corp.
Deckline $3.99 294 86% 8.8k $35k (exactly $35,192) Room Games, KREIDPIX
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Monmusu Gladiator older $4.99 196 93% 5.9k $29k (exactly $29,341) ZephyrStudio
Clicker Arena older $8.99 97 51% 2.9k $26k (exactly $26,161) James Sun
Lorenzo il Magnifico older $14.99 58 70% 1.7k $26k (exactly $26,083) Studio Clangore
纵横麻将 Matrix Mahjong $9.99 66 90% 2.0k $20k (exactly $19,780) Chao8games
Dice of Kalma $4.99 90 90% 2.7k $13k (exactly $13,473) Pepperbox Studios
MY DIRECT DAMAG 7 TRILLION $2.99 94 71% 2.8k $8.4k (exactly $8,432) 真香工作室
Dominova $9.99 26 96% 780 $7.8k (exactly $7,792) Glenn Verheij
RentPoly $9.99 24 95% 720 $7.2k (exactly $7,193) Sunpeak Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.