Should I ship a Tabletop game?
Tabletop
Of 1,003 developers who shipped a Tabletop 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.. 1,255 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×3.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $60. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 1,255 games are announced against 644 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 5% | $93k (exactly $93,207) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 1,003 |
| Released games | 3,345 |
| Announced | 1,255 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 104,278 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 509 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 1,255 games are announced against 644 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Tabletop
- Tabletop + Military Fair $1.4k
- Tabletop + Historical Fair $1.3k
- Tabletop + Dragons Fair $1.2k
- Tabletop + Space Fair $898
- Tabletop + Capitalism Fair $807
- Tabletop + Horror Fair $776
- Tabletop + Psychological Horror Fair $746
- Tabletop + Post-apocalyptic Fair $599
- Tabletop + Pirates Fair $599
- Tabletop + LGBTQ+ Fair $599
- Tabletop + Dogs Fair $599
- Tabletop + Psychological Fair $598
- Tabletop + Artificial Intelligence Fair $505
- Tabletop + Romance Fair $359
- Tabletop + Mythology Poor odds $6.6k
- Tabletop + Alternate History Poor odds $6.3k
- Tabletop + Western Poor odds $3.8k
- Tabletop + Female Protagonist Poor odds $2.5k
- Tabletop + War Poor odds $1.2k
- Tabletop + World War II Poor odds $1.2k
- Tabletop + Crime Poor odds $1.0k
- Tabletop + Magic Poor odds $898
- Tabletop + Dark Fantasy Poor odds $898
- Tabletop + Aliens Poor odds $898
- Tabletop + Medieval Poor odds $748
- Tabletop + Demons Poor odds $746
- Tabletop + Fantasy Poor odds $719
- Tabletop + Cyberpunk Poor odds $719
- Tabletop + Modern Poor odds $600
- Tabletop + Mystery Poor odds $538
- Tabletop + Sci-fi Poor odds $300
- Tabletop + Detective Poor odds $299
- Tabletop + Futuristic Poor odds $225
- Tabletop + Cats Dead $299
- Tabletop + Nature Dead $298
- Tabletop + Noir Dead $269
- Tabletop + Dystopian Dead $239
- Tabletop + Animals Dead $120
- Tabletop + Science Dead $90
- Tabletop + Steampunk Dead $0
Comparable games
Tabletop Simulator 2015 · $28M 
Pummel Party 2018 · $21M 
Sultan's Game 2025 · $19M 
For The King 2018 · $19M 
UNO 2017 · $13M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tabletop Simulator | older | $19.99 | 46,875 95% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $28,110,937) | Berserk Games |
| | Pummel Party | older | $14.99 | 46,134 88% | 1.4M | $21M (exactly $20,746,460) | Rebuilt Games |
| | Sultan's Game | $24.99 | 25,061 93% | 752k | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) | Double Cross | |
| | For The King | older | $19.99 | 31,038 87% | 931k | $19M (exactly $18,613,489) | IronOak Games |
| | UNO | older | $9.99 | 42,019 70% | 1.3M | $13M (exactly $12,593,094) | Ubisoft Entertainment |
 | Liar's Bar | · EA | $6.99 | 48,708 89% | 1.5M | $10M (exactly $10,214,068) | Curve Animation |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | older | $29.99 | 11,279 91% | 338k | $10M (exactly $10,147,716) | Bulwark Studios |
 | For The King II | older | $24.99 | 12,708 71% | 381k | $9.5M (exactly $9,527,188) | IronOak Games |
 | Armello | older | $24.99 | 11,013 82% | 330k | $8.3M (exactly $8,256,446) | League of Geeks |
 | Ultimate General: Civil War | older | $29.99 | 8,331 88% | 250k | $7.5M (exactly $7,495,401) | Game-Labs |
 | Esoteric Ebb | $24.99 | 8,719 95% | 262k | $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) | Christoffer Bodegård | |
 | Sunderfolk | $49.99 | 1,890 93% | 57k | $2.8M (exactly $2,834,433) | Secret Door | |
 | Demonic Mahjong | $16.99 | 3,875 95% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,975,087) | Boxed Lighting Games | |
 | Slots & Daggers | $7.99 | 7,421 93% | 223k | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,814) | Friedemann | |
 | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
 | Drop Duchy | $14.99 | 2,962 89% | 89k | $1.3M (exactly $1,332,011) | Sleepy Mill Studio | |
 | Tabletop Tavern | $19.99 | 2,049 89% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,785) | TJ | |
 | Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | $29.99 | 1,235 82% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,130) | Resolution Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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