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Should I ship a Tabletop JRPG?
JRPG + Tabletop
Only 13 developers shipped a Tabletop JRPG 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, DOKAPON! Sword of Fury, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×423 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,523) |
| Top 5% | $265k (exactly $265,394) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Tabletop; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Strategy
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,502 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
- + NinjaFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
TRIANGLE STRATEGY 2022 · $5.8M 
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars 2021 · $1.1M 
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright 2022 · $375k 
DOKAPON! Sword of Fury 2025 · $265k 
Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden 2022 · $227k | 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 |
| | Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars | older | $29.99 | 1,277 80% | 38k | $1.1M (exactly $1,148,917) | Square Enix |
| | 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 |
| | DOKAPON! Sword of Fury | $24.99 | 354 85% | 11k | $265k (exactly $265,394) | Sting | |
| | Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden | older | $29.99 | 252 65% | 7.6k | $227k (exactly $226,724) | Square Enix |
 | Endless Road: Reborn | older | $9.99 | 431 74% | 13k | $129k (exactly $129,171) | 掌烛文化 |
 | The Testing Chamber | older | $4.99 | 697 96% | 21k | $104k (exactly $104,341) | Randumb Studios |
 | Tanto Cuore | older | $9.99 | 168 91% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Japanime Digital, Wedontknow Games |
 | Project: AHNO's Ark | $12.99 | 120 92% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | PHOSEPO | |
 | The Fantasy World of Mahjong Princess | older | $9.99 | 150 84% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | LSJ Productions |
 | Book of Fei | $2.99 | 347 93% | 10k | $31k (exactly $31,126) | TAO Studio | |
 | ENCOUNTER BAR | $0.99 | 590 78% | 18k | $18k (exactly $17,523) | 2R | |
 | Money And Lady | 财貌双全 | $9.99 | 20 35% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Happy DLC Studio | |
 | Demon Princess Retreat | $3.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | OneShotStudio, SamAFEI | |
 | 你的妹子 Your Girl | $2.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | GAZEM | |
 | Sweet Whiskers: Cozy Kitty Stories | $1.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | Anime Aqua Games | |
 | My favorite dream girls | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Morf Games | |
 | Waifu Lust | $1.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Morf Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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