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Should I ship an Incremental Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Incremental
Of 83 developers who shipped an Incremental 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.. 83 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 46 developers shipped in the last year and 83 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,262) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 83 |
| Released games | 325 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 10% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Tabletop, Incremental; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Simulation, Puzzle
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,972 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 53 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi 2025 · $454k 
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
Loot of Baal 2025 · $370k 
Egyptian Senet 2015 · $60k 
Infiniclick 2025 · $34k | 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 | |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | Loot of Baal | $8.99 | 1,372 62% | 41k | $370k (exactly $370,028) | Gleamer Studio | |
| | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
| | Infiniclick | $7.99 | 140 72% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Nacho AB | |
 | 3D Math - Ultra | older | $4.99 | 218 92% | 6.5k | $33k (exactly $32,635) | Big Mind Games 9000 |
 | Book of Fei | $2.99 | 347 93% | 10k | $31k (exactly $31,126) | TAO Studio | |
 | Cozy Solitaire | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | CozyPuzzleGames | |
 | SEARCH ALL - ADULT | older | $9.99 | 49 67% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Cozy Sudoku | $2.99 | 159 76% | 4.8k | $14k (exactly $14,262) | CozyPuzzleGames | |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 | |
 | My Wife | $1.99 | 143 94% | 4.3k | $8.5k (exactly $8,537) | Neko Game | |
 | Pretty Girl Puzzle · Summer Phantom | $4.99 | 50 98% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | Pomodoro Lab | |
 | Milo's Tiny Fish Pond | $4.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | MMUnit |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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