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Game Design: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Game Design, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $19.99, median 173 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.03 – $29.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 27% of the parent category Games & Strategy Guides (640), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $10.03 to $29.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Game Design best sellers
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Minecraft: Guide Collection 4-Book Boxed Set (Updated): Survival (Updated), Creative (Updated), Redstone (Updated), Combat
by Mojang AB
- List rank#1
- Price$31.77
- Rating4.9
- Reviews661
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Amazing Activities for Minecrafters: Puzzles and Games for Hours of Entertainment!
by Sky Pony Press
- List rank#2
- Price$7.54
- Rating4.8
- Reviews758
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, 3rd Edition
by Jesse Schell
- List rank#3
- Price$28.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews680
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Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated)
by Mojang AB
- List rank#4
- Price$9.43
- Rating4.8
- Reviews481
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Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds (Over 20 Awesome Mini-Projects)
by Mojang AB
- List rank#5
- Price$6.96
- Rating4.8
- Reviews640
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Minecraft: Blockopedia: Updated Edition
by Mojang AB
- List rank#6
- Price$15.81
- Rating4.8
- Reviews591
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Minecraft: Bite Size-Builds (Over 20 Exciting Mini-Projects)
by Mojang AB
- List rank#7
- Price$8.90
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,905
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Theory of Fun for Game Design
by Raph Koster
- List rank#8
- Price$25.11
- Rating4.3
- Reviews722
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Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design
by Scott Rogers
- List rank#9
- Price$32.24
- Rating4.3
- Reviews59
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Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated)
by Mojang AB
- List rank#10
- Price$9.18
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,092
FAQ
Is Game Design a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 173 reviews and sells for $19.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Game Design?
The median best seller has 173 reviews, and 46% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Game Design best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.03 and $29.99.
Can new books break into Game Design?
10% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.