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Trading Card Game + Mythology
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Mythological Trading Card 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, Witch and Council : The Card, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 19 more are announced, ×9.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.1k against a market of $630. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,195) |
| Top 5% | $82k (exactly $81,845) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 59%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Trading Card Game
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Trading Card Game
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,252 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.3k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Trading Card Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Auto BattlerPoor odds
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
Aces & Adventures 2023 · $1.3M 
12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull 2015 · $156k 
Witch and Council : The Card 2024 · $82k 
Areteion 2026 · $10k 
Kamigami: Clash of the Gods 2022 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Aces & Adventures | older | $19.99 | 2,220 89% | 67k | $1.3M (exactly $1,331,334) | Triple.B.Titles |
| | 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull | older | $2.99 | 1,736 90% | 52k | $156k (exactly $155,719) | Jetdogs Studios, Zoom Out Games |
| | Witch and Council : The Card | $14.99 | 182 48% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | G1 Playground | |
| | Areteion | $19.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | juxtapositioned | |
| | Kamigami: Clash of the Gods | older | $19.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | Dream Stories |
 | Curtain Call: Chronicles of Heroes | $5.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | Life Trust Foundation | |
 | Mind of War | · EA | $10.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | Pi Video games |
 | Taoism | · EA older | $5.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | 提拉米狐工作室 |
 | Mimir's Recruit | older | $1.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Raidho Game Studio |
 | Dire - Flesh and Phobia | · EA older | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | 2weak |
 | Wanjie: Cycle of Oblivion | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | FAN XIAOBO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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