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Should I ship a Noir Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Noir
Of 20 developers who shipped a Noir 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.. 27 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,814) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Card Battler, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 1990's, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 7,745 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 16 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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- + RTSFair
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- + SpaceFair
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Comparable games
Slots & Daggers 2025 · $1.8M 
Betrayal At Club Low 2022 · $161k 
System Crash 2016 · $112k 
Divine's Howl 2025 · $51k 
Sunshine Shuffle 2023 · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Slots & Daggers | $7.99 | 7,421 93% | 223k | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,814) | Friedemann | |
| | Betrayal At Club Low | older | $9.99 | 538 97% | 16k | $161k (exactly $161,239) | Cosmo D Studios |
| | System Crash | older | $14.99 | 250 83% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | Rogue Moon Studios |
| | Divine's Howl | $9.99 | 169 89% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,649) | Sense13 Studio | |
| | Sunshine Shuffle | older | $9.99 | 156 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $46,753) | Strange Scaffold |
 | Dance of Cards | older | $9.99 | 93 88% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | GoodMorningMrFrog |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | Detective Solitaire. Butler Story | older | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Somer Games |
 | Detective Solitaire Inspector Magic | older | $14.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Somer Games |
 | Battle Of The Abyss | $4.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | 1029studio | |
 | ENDSTATION | $2.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | bal_duin | |
 | 天道轮回：我的修仙梦 | $5.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Kaka Ku Games Inc. | |
 | Tilting - A Noir Poker Career | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Low Light Games | |
 | HEXADEL | $0.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Planetary Gears | |
 | UNKNOWN FACES | · EA | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nerux Studio |
 | Coin Devotee | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Argue with Sheep |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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