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Should I ship a Nature Deckbuilding?
Deckbuilding + Nature
Of 44 developers who shipped a Nature Deckbuilding 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.. 78 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×290 the market median. Revenue is up 425% on the market; 78 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) |
| Top 5% | $138k (exactly $137,515) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 84 |
| Announced | 78 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 425% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Deckbuilding; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Roguelike, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 5,655 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. Nearly all of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 78 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Deckbuilding with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + LogicFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Spirit Island 2020 · $1.2M 
Ravenbound 2023 · $693k 
Kabuto Park 2025 · $648k 
Zoominoes 2026 · $247k 
Crop Rotation 2023 · $152k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spirit Island | older | $24.99 | 1,545 91% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,286) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | Ravenbound | older | $29.99 | 770 53% | 23k | $693k (exactly $692,769) | Systemic Reaction™ |
| | Kabuto Park | $4.99 | 4,329 99% | 130k | $648k (exactly $648,051) | Doot | |
| | Zoominoes | $14.99 | 549 91% | 16k | $247k (exactly $246,885) | Starlight Games inc. | |
| | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
 | Hive Blight | · EA | $12.49 | 367 94% | 11k | $138k (exactly $137,515) | OptizOnion |
 | Koi Farm | older | $2.99 | 907 94% | 27k | $81k (exactly $81,358) | Job Talle, 3xBlast |
 | Super Cabbage Kabumi | $14.99 | 125 67% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Vividesca Games | |
 | Siegebreaker | older | $11.99 | 72 86% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $25,898) | Immortal Forge |
 | The Last Craftsman | $9.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | AuraTummyache | |
 | Dimwood | $14.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Inkspun LLC | |
 | Wild City | $9.99 | 63 88% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,881) | Monka Studios | |
 | GUG | $5.99 | 49 34% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | Martian Lawyers Club | |
 | Spirit Dungeon | · EA | $9.99 | 27 51% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Nemora Games |
 | JACKPOISON | $8.99 | 25 44% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | oyajinojiike |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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