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Should I ship a Job Simulator Action game?
Action + Job Simulator
Of 25 developers who shipped a Job Simulator 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.. 30 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $14k, ×22 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $3.6k. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 30 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $14,032) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,366) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $345,554) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Action, Job Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Life Sim, Management
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 7,025 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 5 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad 2020 · $3.2M 
Job Simulator 2016 · $2.6M 
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M 
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe 2023 · $2.2M 
Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe 2024 · $620k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Firefighting Simulator - The Squad | older | $24.99 | 4,287 82% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,213,964) | Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware |
| | Job Simulator | older | $19.99 | 4,406 91% | 132k | $2.6M (exactly $2,642,278) | Owlchemy Labs |
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
| | Papa's Freezeria Deluxe | older | $5.99 | 12,275 99% | 368k | $2.2M (exactly $2,205,818) | Flipline Studios |
| | Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe | $5.99 | 3,450 98% | 104k | $620k (exactly $619,965) | Flipline Studios | |
 | Vacation Simulator | older | $19.99 | 945 92% | 28k | $567k (exactly $566,716) | Owlchemy Labs |
 | Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim | $9.99 | 1,153 93% | 35k | $346k (exactly $345,554) | Merge Conflict Studio | |
 | Wilmot's Warehouse | older | $14.99 | 526 96% | 16k | $237k (exactly $236,542) | Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg |
 | Worming from Home | $7.99 | 793 98% | 24k | $190k (exactly $190,082) | Zach Northrop, Mason Sabharwal | |
 | TROLEU | $9.99 | 607 92% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,918) | andrground | |
 | Goblin Sushi | · EA | $9.99 | 404 89% | 12k | $121k (exactly $121,079) | Old Cake Factory |
 | Device Doctor Simulator 2024 | $9.99 | 186 62% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Tenacity Games | |
 | Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator | $14.99 | 112 59% | 3.4k | $50k (exactly $50,366) | CreativeForge Games | |
 | Deadly Delivery | $9.99 | 152 89% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Flat Head Studio | |
 | Toll Booth Simulator | $12.99 | 91 71% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,463) | SifDev | |
 | Mech Builder 3D | $14.99 | 77 93% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $34,627) | Don Pachi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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