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Should I ship a Medieval Party Game?
Party Game + Medieval
Of 23 developers who shipped a Medieval Party 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.. 49 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $27k, ×58 the market median. Revenue is up 975% on the market; 49 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,674) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 975% on the market, supply 375% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, Character Customization
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.50 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.50 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 861 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
King Of The Castle 2023 · $420k 
DunHero 2026 · $143k 
Knight Squad 2015 · $87k 
Griefhelm 2020 · $80k 
Dungeon Golf 2023 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | King Of The Castle | older | $9.99 | 1,403 90% | 42k | $420k (exactly $420,479) | Tributary Games |
| | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
| | Knight Squad | older | $14.99 | 194 89% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | Chainsawesome Games |
| | Griefhelm | older | $9.99 | 267 75% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $80,020) | Johnny Dale Lonack |
| | Dungeon Golf | older | $16.99 | 79 81% | 2.4k | $40k (exactly $40,266) | Ant Workshop Ltd |
 | Hold Your King | $5.99 | 154 83% | 4.6k | $28k (exactly $27,674) | Next Big Game Studio | |
 | A Smithing Game | $3.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $9.5k (exactly $9,456) | Zoteling | |
 | diffiCULT | · EA | $4.99 | 52 94% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Ouz Games |
 | North Hunt | $6.50 | 24 75% | 720 | $4.7k (exactly $4,680) | NewGen | |
 | Battle Hanafuda | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | SUZUKI PLAN, Yoji Suzuki |
 | GoodGod | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Malte Lehmann | |
 | Meet Me In The Well | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Lord Moose Games | |
 | Wolftown | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Portponky | |
 | Halloween Candy Reclaim | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Sourcenity |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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