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Should I ship a Tabletop Tower Defense?
Tower Defense + Tabletop
Only 15 developers shipped a Tabletop Tower Defense 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, Infiniclick, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $446 (exactly $446) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $33,558) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 200% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Tower Defense, Tabletop
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 305 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
ORX 2022 · EA · $381k 
Defend the Rook 2021 · $102k 
Infiniclick 2025 · $34k 
希望之城 The City Of Hope 2024 · $26k 
Transport Legion 2025 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ORX | · EA older | $19.99 | 636 68% | 19k | $381k (exactly $381,409) | johnbell |
| | Defend the Rook | older | $17.99 | 189 73% | 5.7k | $102k (exactly $102,003) | One Up Plus |
| | Infiniclick | $7.99 | 140 72% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Nacho AB | |
| | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
| | Transport Legion | $8.99 | 76 81% | 2.3k | $20k (exactly $20,497) | 喜人一个 | |
 | CrossOver: Roll For Initiative | older | $9.99 | 52 80% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Gaterooze, Ink, MicroProse Software |
 | Gigachess | older | $3.99 | 85 82% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,174) | Drixxel Soft |
 | CrafTAE | $7.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | mappe | |
 | Demon Princess Retreat | $3.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | OneShotStudio, SamAFEI | |
 | Shapes of Memory: Jigsaw Puzzle | $3.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | Creative Hand, Abyssal Studios | |
 | Crisis Commander: Strait Of Hormuz | $3.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | Kra Kra Games | |
 | 99 Games: Puzzle, Action, Strategy, Simulation, Casual, Roguelike, Shooter, RPG & More | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Chongqing Xishou Technology Co., Ltd | |
 | HEXADEL | $0.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Planetary Gears | |
 | Fighting for Land / 打怪兽抢领地 | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | SUN FANJUN | |
 | Boardfall | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Follow the fun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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