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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Level Editor Tabletop game?

Level Editor + Tabletop

Only 17 developers shipped a Level Editor Tabletop game 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, Shields of Loyalty, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $83k, ×134 the market median. Revenue is up 440% on the market; 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 440% on the market, 33 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Level Editor + Tabletop
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $13k → $327 → $899 → $599 → $899 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Tabletop: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,496)
Top 5% $84k (exactly $83,958)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 74
Announced 33
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 440% on the market, supply 365% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Level Editor
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Tabletop
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Level Editor, Tabletop; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Sandbox, Simulation
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Isometric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 76% positive over 392 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $600, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $83k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Multiple EndingsFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  3. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $3.4k · 17 announced
  4. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  5. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  6. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  7. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  8. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  9. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  10. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  11. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  12. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

TaleSpire 2021 · EA · $3.3M Hex of Steel 2020 · $647k Field of Glory II 2017 · $634k Valor & Victory 2021 · $98k Shields of Loyalty 2025 · $84k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
TaleSpire · EA older $24.99 4,391 89% 132k $3.3M (exactly $3,291,933) Bouncyrock Entertainment
Hex of Steel older $24.99 863 95% 26k $647k (exactly $646,991) War Frogs Studio
Field of Glory II older $29.99 705 87% 21k $634k (exactly $634,288) Byzantine Games
Valor & Victory older $19.99 163 69% 4.9k $98k (exactly $97,751) Yobowargames
Shields of Loyalty $19.99 140 77% 4.2k $84k (exactly $83,958) Mosaic Mask Studio
Dark Quest 4 $19.99 136 75% 4.1k $82k (exactly $81,559) Brain Seal Ltd
Linkito older $14.99 152 87% 4.6k $68k (exactly $68,354) Kalinarm
Melody Mania · EA older $18.99 75 80% 2.3k $43k (exactly $42,728) Andreas Achim Stange
Master of Realms · EA $39.99 27 81% 810 $32k (exactly $32,392) TheMasterForge LLC
RPG Stories · EA older $29.99 36 77% 1.1k $32k (exactly $32,389) Brave Alice Games
War Room: Tactical Sandbox · EA $9.99 48 62% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,386) Lado B Studios
Rated Sudoku $9.99 15 80% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Sand Games
Sente $7.99 11 100% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) Oxobox Games Studios
Broken Front $4.99 8 87% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) KOArtist Games
Rails & Rivals · EA $9.99 3 100% 90 $899 (exactly $899) tnycnsn
Fur and Void $9.99 2 0% 60 $599 (exactly $599) DFS
SIPE $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Felix Garbe

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.