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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Tabletop Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Tabletop

Of 51 developers who shipped a Tabletop Score Attack 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 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 35 developers shipped in the last year and 68 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 75% on the market, 68 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Tabletop
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 51
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $598 → $1.4k → $1.7k → $1.2k → $538 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Tabletop: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 51
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $2.7k (exactly $2,698)
Top 5% $44k (exactly $44,180)
Developers, 2 yr 51
Released games 119
Announced 68
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $4.79

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 75% on the market, supply 105% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Tabletop
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Tabletop; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Board Game, Deckbuilding
Price point
$4.79 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, 1990's
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.79.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,868 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $360, 1 in 4 over $2.6k, 1 in 20 over $44k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 68 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Bingle Bingle 2026 · $300k Dice Player One 2024 · $205k Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k Pip My Dice 2025 · $44k Deckline 2025 · $35k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bingle Bingle $14.99 666 80% 20k $300k (exactly $299,500) Knitting Games
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
Pip My Dice $10.99 134 87% 4.0k $44k (exactly $44,180) Diving Swan Games
Deckline $3.99 294 86% 8.8k $35k (exactly $35,192) Room Games, KREIDPIX
Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Klondike Solitaire older $6.99 135 86% 4.1k $28k (exactly $28,310) Eastasiasoft Limited
Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Mahjong Solitaire older $6.99 132 86% 4.0k $28k (exactly $27,680) Eastasiasoft Limited
Lorenzo il Magnifico older $14.99 58 70% 1.7k $26k (exactly $26,083) Studio Clangore
Racket Pinball $19.99 37 91% 1.1k $22k (exactly $22,189) NiVision
Railroad Ink Challenge older $7.99 88 82% 2.6k $21k (exactly $21,094) Horrible Guild
Break Shoot $4.99 106 99% 3.2k $16k (exactly $15,868) UPTRAND
The Original Moorhuhn Hunt $2.99 140 97% 4.2k $13k (exactly $12,558) Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio
Dice Dice Baby $4.99 78 88% 2.3k $12k (exactly $11,677) Nugget Games Studio
Bullet: Surge $15.99 18 94% 540 $8.6k (exactly $8,635) Cerbere Games
RentPoly $9.99 24 95% 720 $7.2k (exactly $7,193) Sunpeak Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.