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Should I ship a Tabletop Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Tabletop
Of 82 developers who shipped a Tabletop Point & Click 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.. 53 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $390 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 44 developers shipped in the last year and 53 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $22,984) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 82 |
| Released games | 403 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Tabletop; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 12,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 63 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 44 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Esoteric Ebb 2026 · $6.5M 
Citizen Sleeper 2022 · $5.0M 
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector 2025 · $1.8M 
Adorables 2016 · $452k 
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright 2022 · $375k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Esoteric Ebb | $24.99 | 8,719 95% | 262k | $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) | Christoffer Bodegård | |
| | Citizen Sleeper | older | $19.99 | 8,271 92% | 248k | $5.0M (exactly $4,960,119) | Jump Over The Age |
| | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | RPG Time: The Legend of Wright | older | $29.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $375k (exactly $375,175) | 株式会社デスクワークス |
 | Sovereign Syndicate | older | $19.99 | 573 79% | 17k | $344k (exactly $343,628) | Crimson Herring Studios |
 | Crown Gambit | $17.99 | 428 94% | 13k | $231k (exactly $230,992) | WILD WITS GAMES | |
 | Betrayal At Club Low | older | $9.99 | 538 97% | 16k | $161k (exactly $161,239) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | Celestial Return | $14.99 | 140 85% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Metaphor Games | |
 | Zup! Y | $1.99 | 385 91% | 12k | $23k (exactly $22,984) | Quiet River | |
 | Tabletops & Bottoms | $10.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $4.9k (exactly $4,946) | PopotoProductions | |
 | Broke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure | $14.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Forward Instinct | |
 | 射！就完事了 | $1.99 | 73 80% | 2.2k | $4.4k (exactly $4,358) | HighSpeed Games | |
 | Escape Tales: The Awakening | $7.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Bluekey Games | |
 | Super Ant Art Tycoon | $8.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Wix Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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