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Should I ship a Nature Party Game?
Party Game + Nature
Only 18 developers shipped a Nature Party 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, Bar After Bar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 55 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 18 developers shipped in the last year and 55 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 5% | $69k (exactly $69,411) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 393 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 55 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 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
Bar After Bar 2026 · $69k 
Buissons 2021 · $31k 
Wild Honesty: A party game for deeper conversations 2020 · $14k 
Quack Quack Up 2026 · $8.4k 
Chiki-Chiki 2023 · $1.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bar After Bar | $6.99 | 331 87% | 9.9k | $69k (exactly $69,411) | OneMan Tim | |
| | Buissons | older | $8.99 | 114 96% | 3.4k | $31k (exactly $30,746) | Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini |
| | Wild Honesty: A party game for deeper conversations | older | $19.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | That's Not A Game LLC |
| | Quack Quack Up | $7.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
| | Chiki-Chiki | older | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Saltitude |
 | Pizza Oof! | · EA | $5.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Newmatic Co., Ltd. |
 | Mudventure | · EA | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Mud Diggers |
 | Bird Brigade | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Merkel Games |
 | The Hidden Camp | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | E and B Games | |
 | Sticks & Strings | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Y-Axis Games LLC | |
 | LuLuLaLa | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | commonsense | |
 | Ultimate Golf Battle | $8.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Meradon Studios | |
 | Bee Streamer Idler | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Aspvera Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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