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Should I ship a Tabletop Party Game?
Party Game + Tabletop
Of 73 developers who shipped a Tabletop Party 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.. 103 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 60 developers shipped in the last year and 103 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,770) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 73 |
| Released games | 117 |
| Announced | 103 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 360% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game, Tabletop; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, PvP, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,677 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 103 games are announced against 60 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different second tag, 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
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
UNO 2017 · $13M 
Walk of Life 2026 · $533k 
NEW MONOPOLY® 2024 · $478k 
DOKAPON! Sword of Fury 2025 · $265k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | UNO | older | $9.99 | 42,019 70% | 1.3M | $13M (exactly $12,593,094) | Ubisoft Entertainment |
| | Walk of Life | $19.99 | 888 94% | 27k | $533k (exactly $532,534) | Porcelain Fortress | |
| | NEW MONOPOLY® | $29.99 | 531 36% | 16k | $478k (exactly $477,741) | UBISOFT, Engine Software | |
| | DOKAPON! Sword of Fury | $24.99 | 354 85% | 11k | $265k (exactly $265,394) | Sting | |
 | Bogos Binted? | $5.49 | 1,134 91% | 34k | $187k (exactly $186,770) | underbadger | |
 | Exploding Kittens® 2 | older | $12.49 | 447 75% | 13k | $167k (exactly $167,491) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
 | MACHI KORO With Everyone | older | $24.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Grounding Inc. |
 | Capote | $5.99 | 397 97% | 12k | $71k (exactly $71,341) | Luski Game Studio | |
 | Paper Pirates | older | $12.99 | 115 91% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Iteration Games |
 | The You Quiz | $9.99 | 100 93% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Hazard Wizard | |
 | One Last Hand | $6.99 | 86 70% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,034) | Fire Brick Games | |
 | Cheater's Table | · EA | $6.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Lagari |
 | BUNKER: RED FLAG | · EA | $4.99 | 93 79% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,922) | Red Flag Team |
 | All On Board! | $9.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | The Game Kitchen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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