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Should I ship an Idler Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Idler
Of 69 developers who shipped an Idler 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.. 73 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 45 developers shipped in the last year and 73 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,682) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 69 |
| Released games | 181 |
| Announced | 73 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Tabletop, Idler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Incremental, Simulation
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 6,392 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 73 games are announced against 45 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi 2025 · $454k 
Loot of Baal 2025 · $370k 
Battle On! Hero Academy 2025 · $113k 
Mushroom Nook 2026 · $59k 
Lower? Higher! 2024 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi | $5.99 | 2,525 96% | 76k | $454k (exactly $453,742) | Kygua Tech | |
| | Loot of Baal | $8.99 | 1,372 62% | 41k | $370k (exactly $370,028) | Gleamer Studio | |
| | Battle On! Hero Academy | $4.99 | 756 83% | 23k | $113k (exactly $113,173) | MMUnit | |
| | Mushroom Nook | $4.99 | 392 98% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,682) | HyperstasisGaming | |
| | Lower? Higher! | $9.99 | 146 67% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $43,756) | Unplugged Studio | |
 | Infiniclick | $7.99 | 140 72% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Nacho AB | |
 | Book of Fei | $2.99 | 347 93% | 10k | $31k (exactly $31,126) | TAO Studio | |
 | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
 | 《奇门遁甲》 | older | $2.99 | 280 88% | 8.4k | $25k (exactly $25,116) | CSTG-小光 |
 | Idle Taoist Mage Warrior | older | $4.99 | 128 85% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | okyakusama |
 | ENCOUNTER BAR | $0.99 | 590 78% | 18k | $18k (exactly $17,523) | 2R | |
 | AFKandia - Epoch of Idle | $5.99 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | Yang++ Game Studio | |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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