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Should I ship a Dog Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Dogs
Only 9 developers shipped a Dog 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, Grimslair, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 1810% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 5% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 1810% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 93% positive over 73 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Everdell 2022 · $346k 
Kemono Mahjong 2021 · $21k 
Golden Record Retriever 2024 · $20k 
Buddy and Lucky Solitaire 2021 · $8.7k 
1001 Jigsaw. Home Sweet Home 2018 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
| | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
| | Golden Record Retriever | older | $15.99 | 41 56% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $19,668) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
| | Buddy and Lucky Solitaire | older | $2.99 | 97 82% | 2.9k | $8.7k (exactly $8,701) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | 1001 Jigsaw. Home Sweet Home | older | $14.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Creobit |
 | Animals Memory: Dogs | older | $3.99 | 46 76% | 1.4k | $5.5k (exactly $5,506) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Lucky and a life worth living - a jigsaw puzzle tale | older | $1.99 | 87 97% | 2.6k | $5.2k (exactly $5,194) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Slide Stories: Bucky's Quest | older | $9.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Remix Games, Gregory Oliveira |
 | Pet Vet 3D Animal hospital Down Under | older | $11.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | Braingame |
 | Grimslair | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | ThunderRam Studios | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | PuzzleVerse | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | BlessedForgeGames | |
 | Fur and Void | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | DFS | |
 | Dream Kitten | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | SmartGames | |
 | Catch the Skunk | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | SmartGames | |
 | Bear vs. Wolf Jigsaw Puzzle | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Tic Cat Dog | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Longoza Game Stuio |
 | Deskpet Engine | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Liu Lirui |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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