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Should I ship a Steampunk Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Steampunk
Only 9 developers shipped a Steampunk 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, Duskpunk, 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 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,872) |
| Top 5% | $103k (exactly $102,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 10,924 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 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
Gremlins, Inc. 2016 · $3.9M 
Scythe: Digital Edition 2018 · $1.9M 
Sovereign Syndicate 2024 · $344k 
Duskpunk 2025 · $103k 
Dawnmaker 2024 · $70k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gremlins, Inc. | older | $19.99 | 6,562 85% | 197k | $3.9M (exactly $3,935,231) | Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive En… (Charlie Oscar Lima Tango Interactive Entertainment) |
| | Scythe: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,164 89% | 95k | $1.9M (exactly $1,897,451) | The Knights of Unity |
| | Sovereign Syndicate | older | $19.99 | 573 79% | 17k | $344k (exactly $343,628) | Crimson Herring Studios |
| | Duskpunk | $19.99 | 171 91% | 5.1k | $103k (exactly $102,549) | Clockwork Bird, James Patton | |
| | Dawnmaker | older | $14.99 | 156 91% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Arpentor Studio |
 | Barrage | $14.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Cranio Lab | |
 | Neuroshima Hex | $9.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | Baked Games | |
 | Golden Record Retriever | older | $15.99 | 41 56% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $19,668) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
 | SEARCH ALL - STEAMPUNK | older | $2.99 | 55 92% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | DEAD MAN'S HAND: Card Roulette Action | older | $4.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Black Garden Studios |
 | Specter: The Battle of the Mind | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AlguemBonitinho | |
 | Misty's Super Golf Solitaire | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Misty V Productions | |
 | Geargrid Tile Match | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Runes & Rivets | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dano Sato | |
 | UpDown&Shot | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KLSG | |
 | Jigsaw Diorama: The Alchemist and the Eclipse | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Base Metal Games Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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