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Should I ship a Physics Tabletop game?
Physics + Tabletop
Of 55 developers who shipped a Physics 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.. 68 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 34 developers shipped in the last year and 68 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,984) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 55 |
| Released games | 159 |
| Announced | 68 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Physics, Tabletop; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Arcade, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Stylized, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,234 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 68 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Physics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Tabletop Simulator 2015 · $28M 
Casino Simulator 2024 · EA · $236k 
Mahjong 2017 · $177k 
Flick Shot Rogues 2025 · $133k 
Drop Pockets 2025 · EA · $109k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tabletop Simulator | older | $19.99 | 46,875 95% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $28,110,937) | Berserk Games |
| | Casino Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 786 81% | 24k | $236k (exactly $235,564) | Lodos Games |
| | Mahjong | older | $9.99 | 589 84% | 18k | $177k (exactly $176,523) | Sanuk Games |
| | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
| | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
 | Fated Kingdom | older | $9.99 | 260 73% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | GameLiberty |
 | Linkito | older | $14.99 | 152 87% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | Kalinarm |
 | Tabletop Playground | · EA older | $14.99 | 121 79% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $54,414) | Plasticity Studios |
 | Zup! Q | older | $1.99 | 798 96% | 24k | $48k (exactly $47,641) | Quiet River |
 | Zup! Y | $1.99 | 385 91% | 12k | $23k (exactly $22,984) | Quiet River | |
 | Break Shoot | $4.99 | 106 99% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,868) | UPTRAND | |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 | |
 | Mighty Marbles | $11.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $8.6k (exactly $8,633) | James Oliver | |
 | All On Board! | $9.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | The Game Kitchen | |
 | Poly Bricks | $4.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Dry Cactus | |
 | Yakiniku Party Survival | $2.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | KIMIDORI SOFT | |
 | ENDSTATION | $2.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | bal_duin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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