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Should I ship a Female-Led Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Female Protagonist
Of 36 developers who shipped a Female-Led 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.. 38 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×5.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $50k, ×106 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 38 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $386 (exactly $386) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,510) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,322) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 144 |
| Announced | 38 |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Tabletop; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, RPG, Strategy
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,937 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest 2020 · $362k 
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023 · $348k 
Wintermoor Tactics Club 2020 · $242k 
One Deck Dungeon 2018 · $235k 
WitchHand 2024 · $222k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest | older | $14.99 | 805 83% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | Different Tales |
| | Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder | older | $24.99 | 464 77% | 14k | $348k (exactly $347,861) | Game Source Studio |
| | Wintermoor Tactics Club | older | $14.99 | 538 87% | 16k | $242k (exactly $241,939) | EVC Games |
| | One Deck Dungeon | older | $9.99 | 783 81% | 23k | $235k (exactly $234,665) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | WitchHand | older | $11.99 | 616 90% | 18k | $222k (exactly $221,575) | Jon Nielsen |
 | Regency Solitaire | older | $11.99 | 559 96% | 17k | $201k (exactly $201,072) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Fatermyth | older | $9.99 | 486 81% | 15k | $146k (exactly $145,654) | KDream |
 | Cardpocalypse | older | $24.99 | 192 88% | 5.8k | $144k (exactly $143,942) | Gambrinous |
 | Dawnsbury Days | older | $4.99 | 922 98% | 28k | $138k (exactly $138,023) | Dawnsbury Studios |
 | Marisa of Liartop Mountain | $14.99 | 286 84% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $128,614) | Alliance Arts, UnknownX | |
 | Succubus Roulette | $2.99 | 561 90% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,322) | PurpleCrit | |
 | Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast | · EA | $9.99 | 117 92% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Starcrow Dev |
 | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
 | Songs of Life | $8.99 | 80 81% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,576) | DreamStep | |
 | ENCOUNTER BAR | $0.99 | 590 78% | 18k | $18k (exactly $17,523) | 2R | |
 | Your Second Wife | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Kygua Tech | |
 | dirtbag MAHJONG | $9.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | paranoodle | |
 | BeatRider | $11.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $12k (exactly $11,510) | 无限电玩, Combo X Camp | |
 | Scotland Yard – Hunting Mister X | $14.99 | 21 23% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | BitBarons GmbH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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