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Should I ship a Character Customization Tabletop game?
Character Customization + Tabletop
Of 47 developers who shipped a Character Customization Tabletop 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.. 89 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $89. 89 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper, while revenue is up 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 5% | $75k (exactly $75,282) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 147 |
| Announced | 89 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 up 80% on the market, supply 115% 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.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Tabletop; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 9,723 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2018 · $10M 
Esoteric Ebb 2026 · $6.5M 
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 2013 · $5.7M 
Scythe: Digital Edition 2018 · $1.9M 
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition 2014 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | older | $29.99 | 11,279 91% | 338k | $10M (exactly $10,147,716) | Bulwark Studios |
| | Esoteric Ebb | $24.99 | 8,719 95% | 262k | $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) | Christoffer Bodegård | |
| | Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 9,478 92% | 284k | $5.7M (exactly $5,683,957) | Beamdog |
| | Scythe: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,164 89% | 95k | $1.9M (exactly $1,897,451) | The Knights of Unity |
| | Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,107 91% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,863,268) | Beamdog |
 | THE GAME OF LIFE 2 | older | $12.49 | 3,702 78% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,387,139) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
 | Moonbreaker | older | $29.99 | 1,289 84% | 39k | $1.2M (exactly $1,159,713) | Unknown Worlds Entertainment |
 | Just Go | older | $9.99 | 3,227 92% | 97k | $967k (exactly $967,132) | Studio Amateur |
 | Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire Edition (Classic) | older | $29.99 | 1,059 70% | 32k | $953k (exactly $952,782) | Steel Sky Productions, Tin Man Games |
 | Who Needs a Hero? | older | $19.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $832k (exactly $832,384) | Henrique Faitta Chitolina, Pidro Soft |
 | Master of Chess | $19.99 | 290 83% | 8.7k | $174k (exactly $173,913) | BRANE | |
 | Pic-Me! | $6.99 | 359 83% | 11k | $75k (exactly $75,282) | GoofGames | |
 | Draw Steel | · EA | $19.99 | 67 98% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Verisim, MCDM |
 | Slaves of Magic | $24.99 | 37 78% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $27,739) | Amethyst Dreamers | |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | Claymores of the Lost Kingdom | $9.99 | 83 67% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Ultaan Games | |
 | Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Polyarc | |
 | AFKandia - Epoch of Idle | $5.99 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | Yang++ Game Studio | |
 | Hero Quest - God of Chaos | · EA | $19.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Future Intellect LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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