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Should I ship a Nature Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Nature
Of 42 developers who shipped a Nature 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.. 39 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 25 developers shipped in the last year and 39 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,682) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 42 |
| Released games | 174 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 down 80% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Tabletop; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Board Game, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,046 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tabletop with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Wingspan 2020 · $5.9M 
Spirit Island 2020 · $1.2M 
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k 
Cascadia 2025 · $94k 
Shields of Loyalty 2025 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wingspan | older | $19.99 | 9,807 94% | 294k | $5.9M (exactly $5,881,258) | Monster Couch |
| | Spirit Island | older | $24.99 | 1,545 91% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,286) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
| | Cascadia | $14.99 | 210 98% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Dire Wolf | |
| | Shields of Loyalty | $19.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Mosaic Mask Studio | |
 | Mushroom Nook | $4.99 | 392 98% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,682) | HyperstasisGaming | |
 | Stone Age: Digital Edition | older | $14.99 | 82 82% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $36,875) | Acram Digital, Hans im Glück |
 | Nature Game System | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | North Star Digital Games | |
 | ColdRidge | $9.99 | 97 73% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,071) | Frog Collective | |
 | SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD | $9.99 | 73 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Logix Interactive | |
 | Animated Puzzles | older | $9.99 | 73 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Mexond |
 | K2: Digital Edition | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Devon Games | |
 | Game with Friends | · EA | $5.99 | 48 64% | 1.4k | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) | Beaf Studio |
 | Wild Country | $24.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Lost Native | |
 | Rascal's Escape | $29.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $5.4k (exactly $5,398) | the Good Evil GmbH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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