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Should I ship a Card Game Time Management game?

Time Management + Card Game

Of 52 developers who shipped a Card Game Time Management 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.. 61 more are announced.

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

The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $2.7M, ×5702 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 61 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 60% on the market, 61 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Time Management + Card Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 52
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.2k → $1.5k → $8.8k → $239 (still earning) → $959 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Time Management + Card Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 52
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $1.5k (exactly $1,492)
Top 25% $31k (exactly $30,569)
Top 5% $2.7M (exactly $2,708,543)
Developers, 2 yr 52
Released games 90
Announced 61
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 60% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, 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.

Time Management
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
Time Management, Card Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Resource Management, Simulation
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 58,013 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $1.5k, 1 in 4 over $30k, 1 in 20 over $2.7M.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dungeon CrawlerFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + ProgrammingFair15 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  3. + Inventory ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  4. + AgricultureFair57 devs · median $2.3k · 73 announced
  5. + Time TravelFair17 devs · median $2.2k · 19 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair27 devs · median $2.1k · 29 announced
  7. + LootFair34 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  8. + Turn-Based TacticsFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  9. + AutomationFair162 devs · median $1.2k · 191 announced
  10. + Bullet HellFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  11. + ThrillerFair42 devs · median $1.1k · 65 announced
  12. + Artificial IntelligenceFair53 devs · median $1.0k · 65 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Loop Hero older $14.99 33,816 92% 1.0M $15M (exactly $15,207,055) Four Quarters
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.