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Should I ship a Mythological Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Mythology
Only 14 developers shipped a Mythological 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, Tabletop Tavern, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.6k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×1957 the market median. Revenue is up 295% on the market; 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,423) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,785) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.90 |
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 295% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $9.90 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,736 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tabletop with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Tabletop Tavern 2026 · $1.2M 
Blood Rage: Digital Edition 2020 · $286k 
King of Dragon Pass 2015 · $146k 
Stack to Ascension 2026 · $129k 
Shields of Loyalty 2025 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tabletop Tavern | $19.99 | 2,049 89% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,785) | TJ | |
| | Blood Rage: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 477 58% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | Endava |
| | King of Dragon Pass | older | $11.99 | 407 79% | 12k | $146k (exactly $146,398) | A Sharp |
| | Stack to Ascension | $12.99 | 331 54% | 9.9k | $129k (exactly $128,991) | Stack to Ascension | |
| | Shields of Loyalty | $19.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Mosaic Mask Studio | |
 | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | Yag | older | $16.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $16k (exactly $15,801) | Bonjourcoco |
 | ChessCraft | older | $5.99 | 81 96% | 2.4k | $15k (exactly $14,556) | Stuart Spence |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 | |
 | Areteion | $19.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | juxtapositioned | |
 | Oracle 5000 | $10.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $9.9k (exactly $9,891) | Tripple Y, 疯狂地蛋工作室 | |
 | Star and Serpent Solitaire | $12.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) | Star and Serpent | |
 | 西西弗斯放置（Sisyphus Idle） | $2.99 | 59 100% | 1.8k | $5.3k (exactly $5,292) | Lazymangamestudio | |
 | Cards of Divinity | $3.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | Lorrie Vimes | |
 | Pazleum | · EA | $9.90 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) | Pazl Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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