Should I ship a Party game?
Party
Of 206 developers who shipped a Party game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 263 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 263 games are announced against 132 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $143,328) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 206 |
| Released games | 565 |
| Announced | 263 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 48,043 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 87 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 263 games are announced against 132 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Party
No pair with Party has 25 games yet.
Comparable games
Party Animals 2023 · $34M 
Gang Beasts 2017 · $33M 
Wobbly Life 2025 · $25M 
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Party Animals | older | $19.99 | 56,043 81% | 1.7M | $34M (exactly $33,608,987) | Recreate Games |
| | Gang Beasts | older | $19.99 | 54,880 85% | 1.6M | $33M (exactly $32,911,536) | Boneloaf, Rocket Science |
| | Wobbly Life | $24.99 | 33,034 97% | 991k | $25M (exactly $24,765,590) | RubberBandGames | |
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Ultimate Chicken Horse | older | $14.99 | 41,060 95% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,464,682) | Clever Endeavour Games |
 | Move or Die | older | $14.99 | 16,479 89% | 494k | $7.4M (exactly $7,410,606) | Xelu, Those Awesome Guys |
 | Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | older | $14.99 | 14,331 97% | 430k | $6.4M (exactly $6,444,651) | Steel Crate Games |
 | Tricky Towers | older | $14.99 | 12,390 90% | 372k | $5.6M (exactly $5,571,783) | WeirdBeard |
 | Draw & Guess | older | $4.99 | 31,627 83% | 949k | $4.7M (exactly $4,734,562) | Acureus |
 | Super Bunny Man | older | $14.99 | 10,143 85% | 304k | $4.6M (exactly $4,561,307) | Catobyte |
 | Mixtape | $19.99 | 7,365 87% | 221k | $4.4M (exactly $4,416,790) | Beethoven and Dinosaur | |
 | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 11 | $29.99 | 419 93% | 13k | $377k (exactly $376,974) | Jackbox Games, Inc. | |
 | A Gentlemen's Dispute | $7.99 | 1,199 94% | 36k | $287k (exactly $287,400) | Blast Furnace Games | |
 | Master Healer Kale with useless party | $4.99 | 1,879 95% | 56k | $281k (exactly $281,286) | Evrac Studio | |
 | Crashout Crew | $7.99 | 1,031 93% | 31k | $247k (exactly $247,131) | Aggro Crab | |
 | KEEP GAMBLING | $7.77 | 966 74% | 29k | $225k (exactly $225,175) | WIRED FEELINGS | |
 | Seer's Gambit | $14.99 | 490 76% | 15k | $220k (exactly $220,353) | Unleash The Giraffe | |
 | Feather Party | $8.99 | 548 87% | 16k | $148k (exactly $147,796) | threeW |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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