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Should I ship a Typing Tabletop game?
Tabletop + Typing
Only 14 developers shipped a Typing 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, HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×8.8 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $470k, ×4013 the market median. Revenue is up 320% on the market; 23 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 5% | $478k (exactly $477,589) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 23 |
| 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 320% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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, Typing
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,127 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 23 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
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Comparable games
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator 2026 · $478k 
The You Quiz 2025 · $30k 
ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game 2018 · $18k 
Mini Words: Top Movies 2020 · $3.5k 
You, Calligrapher 2021 · $3.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator | $16.99 | 937 88% | 28k | $478k (exactly $477,589) | HotBunny | |
| | The You Quiz | $9.99 | 100 93% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Hazard Wizard | |
| | ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game | older | $11.99 | 50 74% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,985) | Snap Finger Click |
| | Mini Words: Top Movies | older | $1.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $3.5k (exactly $3,463) | Mens Sana Interactive |
| | You, Calligrapher | older | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Patha Pradipa 挪灯人 |
 | Quick Words | older | $4.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Project Handsoap |
 | Girl Terminal | $1.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $2.4k (exactly $2,388) | 齿轮游戏 | |
 | MineDeeper | $3.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Jace | |
 | ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator | older | $1.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) | HotBunny |
 | Kidnelis | older | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Croissant Cat Games |
 | 你的妹子 Your Girl | $2.99 | 14 57% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | GAZEM | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Paint by Words | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Oleg Sereda | |
 | NETBREAK | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Splice | |
 | 桌面猫猫钓鱼 | $2.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | 摸鱼工作室 | |
 | Keyboard Simulator | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Arbothonas |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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