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Should I ship a Tabletop Rhythm game?
Rhythm + Tabletop
Only 8 developers shipped a Tabletop Rhythm 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, Ramen Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $480. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 5% | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 up 230% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Rhythm, Tabletop
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 194 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Melody Mania 2023 · EA · $43k 
Ramen Simulator 2026 · $5.8k 
终极功德模拟器 | Zen Simulator 2023 · $1.6k 
Screw Puzzle Master 2025 · $836 
Spinning Maze 2022 · $776 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Melody Mania | · EA older | $18.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $43k (exactly $42,728) | Andreas Achim Stange |
| | Ramen Simulator | $5.99 | 32 84% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | SECRET CHARACTER, HaconN | |
| | 终极功德模拟器 | Zen Simulator | older | $1.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | Archimedes Nicholas Xia |
| | Screw Puzzle Master | $1.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Lcc | |
| | Spinning Maze | older | $1.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Meta Form |
 | Stardom MiniGames | older | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
 | Ping Pong Space - Retro Tennis | older | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Best Friend Games |
 | Hot 21 | older | $2.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | B&W |
 | 1248 | older | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | taecg |
 | Run, Poo, Run! | $0.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $327 (exactly $327) | Reanim Games | |
 | Swingin' Beats | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Dominik Farmer | |
 | Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Svinta, Keri | |
 | Be touch-and-go | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | FuQianDeBiFang | |
 | DeskX | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 1UP Games | |
 | No Away From Keyboard | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KNOVA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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