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Should I ship a Tabletop God Game?
God Game + Tabletop
Only 12 developers shipped a Tabletop God 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, Doodle Empires, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×427 the market median. Revenue is up 200% on the market; 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,135) |
| Top 5% | $268k (exactly $268,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 200% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Tabletop
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 88% positive over 2,133 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Doodle God 2015 · $463k 
Doodle Empires 2025 · EA · $268k 
Tiny Civilization 2023 · $127k 
Battle On! Hero Academy 2025 · $113k 
The Confession 2020 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Doodle God | older | $14.99 | 1,030 77% | 31k | $463k (exactly $463,191) | JoyBits Ltd. |
| | Doodle Empires | · EA | $6.99 | 1,279 92% | 38k | $268k (exactly $268,206) | Turtle Stack Games |
| | Tiny Civilization | older | $1.99 | 2,134 92% | 64k | $127k (exactly $127,400) | 喜人一个 |
| | Battle On! Hero Academy | $4.99 | 756 83% | 23k | $113k (exactly $113,173) | MMUnit | |
| | The Confession | older | $1.99 | 990 94% | 30k | $59k (exactly $59,103) | Randumb Studios |
 | Temporian | older | $11.99 | 82 80% | 2.5k | $29k (exactly $29,495) | ChallAcc |
 | Hexagod | · EA | $7.99 | 84 88% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $20,135) | Aarimous |
 | Forests, Fields and Fortresses | older | $4.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | 9 Eyes Game Studio |
 | SudoKats | older | $1.99 | 74 91% | 2.2k | $4.4k (exactly $4,418) | Mandinga |
 | Flag Collection | older | $0.99 | 115 70% | 3.5k | $3.4k (exactly $3,416) | UnDefined Studio |
 | Diamond Painting | $7.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | LeiZna | |
 | Meow Box City | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Bobo Interactive | |
 | Imperial Wager: The Shattered Crown of Augustus | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Ke Zhou | |
 | Keyboard Simulator | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Arbothonas | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | 粒子战争 Particle Wars | · EA | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | jizai |
 | ELECTION DAY!!! | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MysticsDen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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