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Grid-Based Movement + Tabletop
Of 60 developers who shipped a Grid-Based Movement 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.. 84 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 70% on the market, with 84 games announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,059) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 60 |
| Released games | 212 |
| Announced | 84 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 135% 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.
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Grid-Based Movement, Tabletop; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Board Game, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,968 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 84 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
TRIANGLE STRATEGY 2022 · $5.8M 
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition 2014 · $1.2M 
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked 2025 · $1.1M 
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) 2015 · $563k 
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG 2023 · $533k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | TRIANGLE STRATEGY | older | $59.99 | 3,239 78% | 97k | $5.8M (exactly $5,829,228) | Square Enix, ARTDINK |
| | Talisman: Digital Classic Edition | older | $6.99 | 5,557 80% | 167k | $1.2M (exactly $1,165,303) | Nomad Games |
| | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games | |
| | ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) | older | $14.99 | 1,253 86% | 38k | $563k (exactly $563,474) | Thomas Biskup, Jochen Terstiege, Zeno R… (Thomas Biskup, Jochen Terstiege, Zeno Rogue, Krzysztof Dycha, Lucas Dieguez) |
| | Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG | older | $29.99 | 592 95% | 18k | $533k (exactly $532,622) | D20Studios |
 | Field of Glory II: Medieval | older | $29.99 | 424 86% | 13k | $381k (exactly $381,473) | Byzantine Games |
 | The Warlock of Firetop Mountain | older | $19.99 | 352 76% | 11k | $211k (exactly $211,094) | Tin Man Games |
 | Dawnsbury Days | older | $4.99 | 922 98% | 28k | $138k (exactly $138,023) | Dawnsbury Studios |
 | Dark Quest 3 | older | $18.99 | 231 73% | 6.9k | $132k (exactly $131,601) | Brain Seal Ltd |
 | Master of Piece | · EA | $14.99 | 197 86% | 5.9k | $89k (exactly $88,591) | I M GAME, I M fine |
 | Toads of the Bayou | $9.99 | 137 72% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,059) | La Grange | |
 | Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast | · EA | $9.99 | 117 92% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | Starcrow Dev |
 | ColdRidge | $9.99 | 97 73% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,071) | Frog Collective | |
 | Beacon Patrol | $11.99 | 70 97% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Shapes and Dreams, BrutalHack | |
 | Combat Directive : Napoleonic Wars | $19.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | Fatice Games | |
 | Board Game Society | $14.99 | 29 62% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Jetebra Games | |
 | SOG: Vietnam | $12.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $13k (exactly $12,860) | PigeonMakesGames, Games By Loki | |
 | Areteion | $19.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | juxtapositioned |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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