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Should I ship a Card Game Sports game?
Sports + Card Game
Of 37 developers who shipped a Card Game Sports 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.. 56 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×172 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $108k (exactly $107,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 152 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.77 |
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 45% on the market, supply 145% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Card Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $7.77 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.77.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 984 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Esports Godfather 2024 · $2.6M 
Poker Club 2020 · $303k 
NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager 2026 · $283k 
Golf Peaks 2018 · $161k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Esports Godfather | older | $19.99 | 4,319 90% | 130k | $2.6M (exactly $2,590,104) | Asteroid Game Studio |
| | Poker Club | older | $19.99 | 506 58% | 15k | $303k (exactly $303,448) | Ripstone |
| | NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager | $24.99 | 378 89% | 11k | $283k (exactly $283,387) | Sumo Digital, Sumo Digital Academy | |
| | Golf Peaks | older | $4.99 | 1,076 95% | 32k | $161k (exactly $161,077) | Afterburn |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
 | Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder | $19.99 | 180 77% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Bigosaur | |
 | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | Squiggle Football | $16.99 | 144 93% | 4.3k | $73k (exactly $73,397) | Max Barry | |
 | Pure Hold'em | older | $17.99 | 110 46% | 3.3k | $59k (exactly $59,367) | VooFoo Studios |
 | Infinity: HexaDome Tactics | $19.99 | 92 75% | 2.8k | $55k (exactly $55,172) | Blindspot Games | |
 | Game Pulse Payoff Pitch | $49.95 | 9 66% | 270 | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Fireside Experience | |
 | Regista: Reign Your Football Club | $4.99 | 68 67% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | dicehit | |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | Board game party | $2.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) | Willgw | |
 | Dynasty! | $14.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | newberry94005 | |
 | Cycling Champion | · EA | $8.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | RaulM |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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