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Should I ship a Tabletop Roguelike Deckbuilder?
Roguelike Deckbuilder + Tabletop
Of 38 developers who shipped a Tabletop Roguelike Deckbuilder 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.. 87 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×6.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×631 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 87 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $41k (exactly $41,059) |
| Top 5% | $300k (exactly $299,500) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 87 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Roguelike Deckbuilder
- effort 3 / 10 · high · deckbuilding rules plus procedural runs
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Roguelike Deckbuilder, Tabletop; all of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Roguelite, Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 6,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 87 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Roguelike Deckbuilder with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + PhysicsStrong odds
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DiceFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + MythologyFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + CyberpunkLong shot
- + PvPPoor odds
Comparable games
Hand of Fate 2015 · $4.8M 
Demonic Mahjong 2025 · $2.0M 
Cardboard Town 2023 · $1.2M 
ORX 2022 · EA · $381k 
Bingle Bingle 2026 · $300k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hand of Fate | older | $19.99 | 8,009 89% | 240k | $4.8M (exactly $4,802,997) | Defiant Development |
| | Demonic Mahjong | $16.99 | 3,875 95% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,975,087) | Boxed Lighting Games | |
| | Cardboard Town | older | $19.99 | 2,051 79% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) | Stratera Games, cukuto |
| | ORX | · EA older | $19.99 | 636 68% | 19k | $381k (exactly $381,409) | johnbell |
| | Bingle Bingle | $14.99 | 666 80% | 20k | $300k (exactly $299,500) | Knitting Games | |
 | One Deck Dungeon | older | $9.99 | 783 81% | 23k | $235k (exactly $234,665) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Toy Smash Kaboom! | $13.99 | 550 84% | 17k | $231k (exactly $230,835) | Free Particle | |
 | DungeonTop | older | $15.99 | 452 80% | 14k | $217k (exactly $216,824) | One Up Plus Entertainment |
 | Dice Player One | older | $14.99 | 456 90% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | KDream |
 | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
 | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
 | Master of Piece | · EA | $14.99 | 197 86% | 5.9k | $89k (exactly $88,591) | I M GAME, I M fine |
 | Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin | $14.99 | 162 69% | 4.9k | $73k (exactly $72,851) | Singular Sunshine Studios | |
 | Isle of Swaps | $14.99 | 129 90% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,011) | Fuzz Force | |
 | Pip My Dice | $10.99 | 134 87% | 4.0k | $44k (exactly $44,180) | Diving Swan Games | |
 | Toads of the Bayou | $9.99 | 137 72% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,059) | La Grange |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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