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Should I ship a Mahjong Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Mahjong
Of 26 developers who shipped a Mahjong 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.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×10 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 24 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $4.6k (exactly $4,587) |
| Top 5% | $666k (exactly $665,778) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 155% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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, Mahjong; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Board Game, PvP
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 4,999 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Demonic Mahjong 2025 · $2.0M 
Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns 2026 · $666k 
Mahjong 2017 · $177k 
TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG 2024 · $114k 
Mahjong World Contest (麻将) 2016 · $87k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demonic Mahjong | $16.99 | 3,875 95% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,975,087) | Boxed Lighting Games | |
| | Stripjong - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns | $29.99 | 740 80% | 22k | $666k (exactly $665,778) | ILLUMINATION | |
| | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
| | TOUHOU GENSOU MAHJONG | $34.99 | 109 46% | 3.3k | $114k (exactly $114,417) | D.N.A. Softwares | |
| | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | Mahjong Pretty Girls Battle : School Girls Edition | older | $14.99 | 187 64% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $84,094) | Zoo Corporation |
 | Mahjong Magic Journey | older | $14.99 | 136 80% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Creobit |
 | The Fantasy World of Mahjong Princess | older | $9.99 | 150 84% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,955) | LSJ Productions |
 | Illegal Mahjong | older | $6.99 | 148 81% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $31,036) | AleCubicSoft |
 | Milf City | older | $1.99 | 320 85% | 9.6k | $19k (exactly $19,104) | Milk Poison |
 | Kungfu Card | · EA | $4.99 | 125 73% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,712) | ZeroCastle Game Studio, Miwu Studio |
 | dirtbag MAHJONG | $9.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | paranoodle | |
 | Agari — Riichi Mahjong | $6.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Ryan Sullenberger | |
 | Mahjong girl Kshity-Gurpa | $16.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.6k (exactly $4,587) | IZUMI-GAKUEN | |
 | Guandan | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Pixel Dance | |
 | とららの麻雀教室 | $3.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | Torara Theater | |
 | 🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸 | $4.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Gossiam Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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