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Should I ship a Tabletop Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Tabletop
Of 48 developers who shipped a Tabletop Immersive Sim 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.. 51 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 51 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper, while revenue is up 50% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $33,124) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 143 |
| Announced | 51 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 50% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Tabletop; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Life Sim, Economy
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,882 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 51 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
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Tiny Civilization 2023 · $127k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Just Go | older | $9.99 | 3,227 92% | 97k | $967k (exactly $967,132) | Studio Amateur |
| | Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer | $11.99 | 1,609 82% | 48k | $579k (exactly $578,757) | ShaneGame | |
| | RPG Time: The Legend of Wright | older | $29.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $375k (exactly $375,175) | 株式会社デスクワークス |
| | The Test: Final Revelation | older | $1.99 | 5,286 97% | 159k | $316k (exactly $315,574) | Randumb Studios |
| | Tiny Civilization | older | $1.99 | 2,134 92% | 64k | $127k (exactly $127,400) | 喜人一个 |
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 | The Testing Chamber | older | $4.99 | 697 96% | 21k | $104k (exactly $104,341) | Randumb Studios |
 | Mechajammer | older | $12.99 | 190 48% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,043) | Whalenought Studios |
 | The Confession | older | $1.99 | 990 94% | 30k | $59k (exactly $59,103) | Randumb Studios |
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 | 劍紙三國 | $12.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $21,434) | JGame CO., LTD. | |
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 | ENCOUNTER BAR | $0.99 | 590 78% | 18k | $18k (exactly $17,523) | 2R | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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