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Class-Based + Tabletop
Only 19 developers shipped a Tabletop Class-Based game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Sunderfolk, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360. 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 65% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $63k (exactly $62,958) |
| Top 5% | $2.8M (exactly $2,834,433) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Tabletop; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,711 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
Comparable games
Sunderfolk 2025 · $2.8M 
Demeo 2021 · $2.0M 
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked 2025 · $1.1M 
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness 2022 · $831k 
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition 2024 · $204k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sunderfolk | $49.99 | 1,890 93% | 57k | $2.8M (exactly $2,834,433) | Secret Door | |
| | Demeo | older | $39.99 | 1,703 87% | 51k | $2.0M (exactly $2,043,089) | Resolution Games |
| | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games | |
| | Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness | older | $29.99 | 924 74% | 28k | $831k (exactly $831,323) | GrapeOcean Technologies |
| | Talisman: Digital 5th Edition | $29.99 | 227 70% | 6.8k | $204k (exactly $204,232) | Nomad Games | |
 | Dark Quest 4 | $19.99 | 136 75% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
 | Roll Player - The Board Game | older | $14.99 | 180 91% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Mipmap Digital |
 | Space Food Truck | older | $9.99 | 216 71% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | One Man Left Studios |
 | Doomspire | $14.99 | 140 55% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Crater Studios | |
 | Demeo Battles | older | $19.99 | 72 68% | 2.2k | $43k (exactly $43,178) | Resolution Games |
 | Board Game Society | $14.99 | 29 62% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Jetebra Games | |
 | Card Rogue | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Game Tsukuru Kun | |
 | Petrified Pawns | $5.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | Bepansrad Studio | |
 | Beyond The Threshold | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | William Ritson | |
 | Disintegral | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Will Sykes Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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