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Should I ship a Fantasy Party Game?
Party Game + Fantasy
Of 37 developers who shipped a Fantasy Party 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.. 133 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 133 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) |
| Top 5% | $265k (exactly $265,394) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 133 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 560% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Fantasy
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,717 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 133 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Ale & Tale Tavern 2024 · $3.9M 
King Of The Castle 2023 · $420k 
The Jackbox Party Pack 11 2025 · $377k 
The Yawhg 2014 · $339k 
DOKAPON! Sword of Fury 2025 · $265k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ale & Tale Tavern | older | $14.99 | 8,692 88% | 261k | $3.9M (exactly $3,908,792) | Scienart Games |
| | King Of The Castle | older | $9.99 | 1,403 90% | 42k | $420k (exactly $420,479) | Tributary Games |
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 11 | $29.99 | 419 93% | 13k | $377k (exactly $376,974) | Jackbox Games, Inc. | |
| | The Yawhg | older | $9.99 | 1,131 84% | 34k | $339k (exactly $338,961) | Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll |
| | DOKAPON! Sword of Fury | $24.99 | 354 85% | 11k | $265k (exactly $265,394) | Sting | |
 | Conan Chop Chop | older | $14.99 | 423 65% | 13k | $190k (exactly $190,223) | Mighty Kingdom |
 | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
 | Knight Squad | older | $14.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | Chainsawesome Games |
 | Knight Squad 2 | older | $14.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $78k (exactly $77,798) | Chainsawesome Games |
 | Dungeon Golf | older | $16.99 | 79 81% | 2.4k | $40k (exactly $40,266) | Ant Workshop Ltd |
 | Super Shout Showdown | · EA | $7.99 | 111 83% | 3.3k | $27k (exactly $26,607) | Rezero Studio |
 | Villainy | $7.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Studio Rend | |
 | Forest of Deceit | $9.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Ghost Camp | |
 | A Smithing Game | $3.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $9.5k (exactly $9,456) | Zoteling | |
 | 5 Minute Raid | $4.99 | 53 90% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | MoMong | |
 | YGGDRA: SURVIVOR | $4.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | BD | |
 | Staged | $7.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Project Sunset |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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