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Should I ship a Medical Sim Action game?
Action + Medical Sim
Only 10 developers shipped a Medical Sim Action game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Medic: Pacific War, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×16 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $630. 32 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $360 (exactly $360) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $42,857) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Action, Medical Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 62% positive over 292 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×16 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Surgeon Simulator 2013 · $4.1M 
Surgeon Simulator 2 2021 · $1.2M 
Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality 2016 · $568k 
Medic: Pacific War 2026 · EA · $43k 
Healing Spree 2021 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Surgeon Simulator | older | $9.99 | 13,796 82% | 414k | $4.1M (exactly $4,134,661) | Bossa Studios |
| | Surgeon Simulator 2 | older | $19.99 | 2,033 44% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,219,190) | Bossa Studios |
| | Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality | older | $19.99 | 947 63% | 28k | $568k (exactly $567,916) | Bossa Studios |
| | Medic: Pacific War | · EA | $9.99 | 143 70% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Hypnotic Ants |
| | Healing Spree | older | $14.99 | 83 51% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $37,325) | Paro |
 | Save One More | older | $4.99 | 187 62% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $27,994) | Stas Shostak |
 | Stretcher Together | $4.99 | 116 47% | 3.5k | $17k (exactly $17,365) | Goosix Games | |
 | My Life: Pet Vet | older | $14.99 | 19 42% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Caipirinha Games |
 | Bacterium / 生命之旅 | older | $12.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) | Dragon Whisper Game |
 | Gelluloid Domination | $11.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Tractor Set GO! | |
 | Neo Harbor Rescue Squad | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | BancyCo | |
 | Medic Simulator: Combat Zone | · EA | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Code Lab |
 | Healer Simulator RPG | · EA | $0.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Valsi Noen Games |
 | BODYguard: CellWars | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | RevealingMermaid | |
 | vaXinator | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Anonvision | |
 | MERIDIAN | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Alexander Kosenko | |
 | Better Me Tree: Boot Camp | $49.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Better Me Tree |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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