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Should I ship a Crafting Tabletop game?
Crafting + Tabletop
Of 27 developers who shipped a Crafting 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.. 53 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 53 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 5% | $79k (exactly $79,121) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 89 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Tabletop; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Game, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 861 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Crafting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + WesternPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Cultist Simulator 2018 · $6.3M 
TaleSpire 2021 · EA · $3.3M 
BOOK OF HOURS 2023 · $3.1M 
Doodle God 2015 · $463k 
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright 2022 · $375k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cultist Simulator | older | $19.99 | 10,496 82% | 315k | $6.3M (exactly $6,294,451) | Weather Factory |
| | TaleSpire | · EA older | $24.99 | 4,391 89% | 132k | $3.3M (exactly $3,291,933) | Bouncyrock Entertainment |
| | BOOK OF HOURS | older | $24.99 | 4,129 89% | 124k | $3.1M (exactly $3,095,511) | Weather Factory |
| | Doodle God | older | $14.99 | 1,030 77% | 31k | $463k (exactly $463,191) | JoyBits Ltd. |
| | RPG Time: The Legend of Wright | older | $29.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $375k (exactly $375,175) | 株式会社デスクワークス |
 | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
 | Small World | older | $9.99 | 931 71% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | Days of Wonder |
 | WitchHand | older | $11.99 | 616 90% | 18k | $222k (exactly $221,575) | Jon Nielsen |
 | Mystic Vale | older | $12.99 | 384 89% | 12k | $150k (exactly $149,645) | Nomad Games |
 | Artist Life Simulator | older | $19.99 | 173 79% | 5.2k | $104k (exactly $103,748) | Interactive Fate |
 | Factory Planner | · EA | $7.99 | 385 70% | 12k | $92k (exactly $92,284) | Lebleby Games |
 | Sizzle & Stack | $9.99 | 264 72% | 7.9k | $79k (exactly $79,121) | Arvis Games | |
 | Paper Kingdom | $12.99 | 65 61% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | obece | |
 | Decks of the Damned | $9.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Thorian Games | |
 | Hero Quest - God of Chaos | · EA | $19.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Future Intellect LLC |
 | Canvas - The Board Game | $14.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Mipmap Digital | |
 | CrafTAE | $7.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | mappe | |
 | Scrap Collector | $4.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Wibert | |
 | Cook with Card | · EA | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Genco Interactive |
 | Screw Puzzle Master | $1.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Lcc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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