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Should I ship a Farming Action game?
Action + Farming
Of 24 developers who shipped a Farming Action 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.. 35 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×576 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 35 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,136) |
| Top 5% | $362k (exactly $362,008) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Action; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Crafting, Sandbox
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 7,998 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Real-Time with PauseFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + PinballFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + BaseballFair
- + BilliardsFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TennisFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + TabletopFair
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
Len's Island 2025 · $4.4M 
HARVESTELLA 2022 · $3.7M 
Re:Legend 2022 · $1.1M 
It Lurks Below 2019 · $700k 
Zombie Graveyard Simulator 2025 · $362k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Len's Island | $24.99 | 5,935 82% | 178k | $4.4M (exactly $4,449,470) | Flow Studio | |
| | HARVESTELLA | older | $59.99 | 2,071 77% | 62k | $3.7M (exactly $3,727,179) | Square Enix |
| | Re:Legend | older | $24.99 | 1,514 56% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,135,046) | Magnus Games Studio |
| | It Lurks Below | older | $19.99 | 1,168 81% | 35k | $700k (exactly $700,450) | Graybeard Games |
| | Zombie Graveyard Simulator | $14.99 | 805 89% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | threeW | |
 | Farming & Supermarket Simulator | $11.99 | 835 79% | 25k | $300k (exactly $300,350) | EY08 Games | |
 | Pirates VR: Jolly Roger | $19.99 | 212 76% | 6.4k | $127k (exactly $127,136) | Split Light Studio | |
 | Gleaner Heights | older | $9.99 | 358 72% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | Emilios Manolidis |
 | DEADCRAFT | older | $14.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $57k (exactly $56,662) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Professional Farmer 2014 | older | $7.99 | 188 45% | 5.6k | $45k (exactly $45,064) | PlayWay S.A. |
 | Russian Village Simulator 2 | $15.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $29k (exactly $29,262) | VD Games, PropilGames | |
 | Pet Lands | $14.99 | 47 46% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito | |
 | Farm Your Friends | $9.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Meganeura Games | |
 | Desolated District | $14.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Real Heroes Studio, S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS… (Real Heroes Studio, S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.) | |
 | Deep Line | $3.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | DrugTank | |
 | Citadel Anew | $11.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Radical Byte |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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