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Should I ship a 2D Platformer Agriculture game?
Agriculture + 2D Platformer
Of 23 developers who shipped a 2D Platformer Agriculture 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.. 26 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $7.0k, ×11 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 26 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) |
| Top 5% | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 80% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Character Customization
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 2.5D, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 978 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + CatsFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + FishingPoor odds
Comparable games
欺神弄鬼 2025 · EA · $240k 
Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） 2017 · $211k 
Dream Town Island 2023 · $191k 
Land Of Idyllic Beauty 2024 · EA · $80k 
Shepherd's Crossing 2023 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 欺神弄鬼 | · EA | $9.99 | 802 91% | 24k | $240k (exactly $240,359) | 猫台班子工作室 Cat Caboodle |
| | Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） | older | $19.99 | 352 90% | 11k | $211k (exactly $211,094) | STORIA, Narrator, SimonCreative |
| | Dream Town Island | older | $12.99 | 490 95% | 15k | $191k (exactly $190,953) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Land Of Idyllic Beauty | · EA older | $11.99 | 222 83% | 6.7k | $80k (exactly $79,853) | Neo |
| | Shepherd's Crossing | older | $29.99 | 75 57% | 2.3k | $67k (exactly $67,478) | SUCCESS |
 | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
 | Santhai | older | $12.99 | 137 89% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $53,389) | Hardworker Studio, Rachan Neamprasert |
 | Love on Leave | older | $24.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $19k (exactly $19,492) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. |
 | Horse Plinko | $4.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Crawley, Womp | |
 | Dynasty Game 2 | $7.99 | 29 65% | 870 | $7.0k (exactly $6,951) | Yocone | |
 | 双雄风流传（Romantic Emperor） | $2.18 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $3.5k (exactly $3,466) | Turtle game | |
 | Fruits Vs Veggies | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Ishbull Studios | |
 | StarMoon Forest | · EA | $10.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | VC Power Studio |
 | Herba Project : Desktop Lab | $3.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | IndieCain | |
 | Floating Isle Days | $6.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | LiZi | |
 | Farm and Dishes | $11.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DDReN | |
 | Galleria | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Maru Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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