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Should I ship a Demon Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Demons
Only 18 developers shipped a Demon Tabletop 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, Talisman: Digital 5th Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×430 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $238 (exactly $238) |
|---|---|
| Median | $746 (exactly $746) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 5% | $204k (exactly $204,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 60% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Tabletop; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Game, Investigation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 530 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023 · $348k 
Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD 2015 · $205k 
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition 2024 · $204k 
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! 2024 · $203k 
Eyes of Hellfire 2025 · EA · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder | older | $24.99 | 464 77% | 14k | $348k (exactly $347,861) | Game Source Studio |
| | Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD | older | $24.99 | 273 80% | 8.2k | $205k (exactly $204,668) | Leslaw Sliwko |
| | Talisman: Digital 5th Edition | $29.99 | 227 70% | 6.8k | $204k (exactly $204,232) | Nomad Games | |
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! | older | $59.99 | 113 85% | 3.4k | $203k (exactly $203,366) | CyberConnect2 |
| | Eyes of Hellfire | · EA | $9.99 | 153 70% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,854) | Gambrinous |
 | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
 | Lustful BlackJack: My Succubus Dealer | $6.99 | 49 61% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,275) | 78Games, Matariki Studios Co., Ltd | |
 | Dungeon Tells | $7.99 | 32 75% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Ace Benoff | |
 | Azazel Gamble 阿撒兹勒赌局 | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | 7 Funny | |
 | Yokai's Wish | older | $2.99 | 64 82% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | Milk Poison |
 | Rite or Ruin | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Potato Puppy | |
 | Monster Girls Pieces | $1.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | Rodrigo Piedras | |
 | Nightmare Mines | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | DreamSmith | |
 | Memo R.I.P. | $8.29 | 3 33% | 90 | $746 (exactly $746) | Divine Magic Games | |
 | Liar's Dice | $2.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Micester |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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