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Should I ship a Pirate Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Pirates
Only 12 developers shipped a Pirate Tabletop 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, Shadowhand Solitaire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,861) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 126 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown 2021 · $66k 
Paper Pirates 2020 · $45k 
Here Be Dragons 2020 · $40k 
Shadowhand Solitaire 2024 · $27k 
Racket Pinball 2026 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown | older | $19.99 | 110 77% | 3.3k | $66k (exactly $65,967) | Tin Man Games, Zero One Studio |
| | Paper Pirates | older | $12.99 | 115 91% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | Iteration Games |
| | Here Be Dragons | older | $9.99 | 133 63% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,860) | Red Zero Games |
| | Shadowhand Solitaire | $13.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $27k (exactly $26,861) | Grey Alien Games | |
| | Racket Pinball | $19.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | NiVision | |
 | Pirate Mosaic Puzzle. Caribbean Treasures | older | $14.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $13k (exactly $12,592) | Creobit |
 | Field of Arms: Tactics | · EA older | $14.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | BALANDRA S.A.S |
 | Shells Shooter | older | $6.00 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,880) | Hotality Games |
 | Becoming Captain - The Roguelike Deckbuilder | $10.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | Le Havre Création | |
 | Moorhuhn Piraten - Crazy Chicken Pirates | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | Old Salt | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Kneeshaw Developments, Never Board Games | |
 | Animal Times | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fusion 29 | |
 | The Pirate's Casino | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Nihat temel, Özgür Arslan | |
 | Hnefatafl Online | · EA | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | iDiOSLAB |
 | Liar's Dice | $7.49 | 1 0% | 30 | $225 (exactly $225) | YOAMB | |
 | Furry Pirate Jigsaw | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Black Hole | |
 | Pirate Chest Chess | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Matthew Satterfield |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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