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Should I ship a Spelling Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Spelling
Only 16 developers shipped a Spelling 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, OMG Words, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $21,578) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Tabletop, Spelling; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Word Game, Strategy, Board Game
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 116 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
OMG Words 2025 · $22k 
Knotwords 2022 · $19k 
Happy Words 2019 · $18k 
ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game 2018 · $18k 
Ragnar's Chinese Memory Game 2020 · $5.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | OMG Words | $9.99 | 72 79% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | Dave | |
| | Knotwords | older | $11.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Zach Gage, Jack Schlesinger |
| | Happy Words | older | $4.99 | 121 46% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | LAN - GAMES LTD |
| | ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game | older | $11.99 | 50 74% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,985) | Snap Finger Click |
| | Ragnar's Chinese Memory Game | older | $5.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | Ragnar Brynjúlfsson |
 | Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait 趣拼拼：肖像画 | older | $0.99 | 194 95% | 5.8k | $5.8k (exactly $5,762) | 冷笑黑妖 |
 | Pleasure Puzzle:Workshop 趣拼拼：拼图工坊 | older | $0.99 | 162 87% | 4.9k | $4.8k (exactly $4,811) | 冷笑黑妖 |
 | Pleasure Puzzle:Sexy Girls 趣拼拼：性感少女 | older | $0.99 | 157 80% | 4.7k | $4.7k (exactly $4,663) | 冷笑黑妖 |
 | Amazing Pyramids: Rebirth | older | $6.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Oleg Sereda |
 | You, Calligrapher | older | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Patha Pradipa 挪灯人 |
 | Jargon | $11.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Damon D'Amico | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Waddle Words | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Grau Games | |
 | Lexica | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Damon D'Amico | |
 | Wordy Online - Classic Word Games | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | ArcoDev | |
 | Pyramid of Wisdom | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | FlagmanJeremy | |
 | Hangman Pro | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Chromapix | $1.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Catnip studio | |
 | Relax Scramble: Endless Word Puzzle | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Perch Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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