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Should I ship a Trading Tabletop game?
Trading + Tabletop
Only 13 developers shipped a Trading 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, Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $570k, ×1218 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 30 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) |
| Top 5% | $579k (exactly $578,757) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Trading, Tabletop; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Economy, Immersive Sim, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,832 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer 2025 · $579k 
Richman 4 2022 · $290k 
Istanbul: Digital Edition 2018 · $101k 
Monopoly: Star Wars™ Heroes vs. Villains 2026 · $85k 
Richman 8 2023 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Card Shop Simulator Multiplayer | $11.99 | 1,609 82% | 48k | $579k (exactly $578,757) | ShaneGame | |
| | Richman 4 | older | $5.99 | 1,614 74% | 48k | $290k (exactly $290,036) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Istanbul: Digital Edition | older | $12.99 | 258 92% | 7.7k | $101k (exactly $100,543) | Acram Digital |
| | Monopoly: Star Wars™ Heroes vs. Villains | $29.99 | 94 39% | 2.8k | $85k (exactly $84,572) | Behaviour Interactive Inc. | |
| | Richman 8 | older | $7.99 | 214 64% | 6.4k | $51k (exactly $51,296) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(BEIJING)CO.LTD |
 | Catan VR | older | $14.99 | 86 73% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $38,674) | Experiment 7 |
 | Table Battle Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $33k (exactly $33,124) | Kiki Games |
 | DAGURI: Gambling Apocalypse | older | $2.99 | 207 93% | 6.2k | $19k (exactly $18,568) | DakeCraft |
 | The Chronicles of Quiver Dick | older | $2.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | Crankage Games |
 | Survive or Thrive | older | $1.99 | 233 98% | 7.0k | $14k (exactly $13,910) | Randumb Studios |
 | Crack it Up! | $5.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Somnambulist Games | |
 | The First Mine | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Stefan Böttcher | |
 | Billionaire MAX | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Bunijia | |
 | Profiteer | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | HRUST |
 | 香港地產王 | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | T-Time Technology CO., LTD. | |
 | GoGDoD | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | WAP |
 | Haggle simulator | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 自然的火工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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