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Should I ship an Agriculture Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Agriculture
Of 23 developers who shipped an Agriculture Action-Adventure 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.. 66 more are announced, ×6.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $30k, ×49 the market median. Revenue is up 325% on the market; 66 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $30,638) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 325% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Agriculture; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 854 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Zompiercer 2020 · EA · $2.7M 
Moonstone Island 2023 · $2.4M 
Wildmender 2023 · $1.3M 
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch 2022 · $786k 
Kitaria Fables 2021 · $751k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zompiercer | · EA older | $19.99 | 4,562 88% | 137k | $2.7M (exactly $2,735,831) | DDDimanN |
| | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
| | Wildmender | older | $24.99 | 1,797 85% | 54k | $1.3M (exactly $1,347,211) | Muse Games |
| | Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch | older | $29.99 | 874 62% | 26k | $786k (exactly $786,338) | Aesir Interactive |
| | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse | $16.99 | 543 72% | 16k | $277k (exactly $276,767) | Frontside 180 | |
 | Monster Harvest | older | $16.99 | 458 53% | 14k | $233k (exactly $233,443) | Maple Powered Games |
 | Picontier / ピコンティア | older | $24.99 | 125 74% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $93,712) | SKIPMORE, Kan.Kikuchi |
 | Ankora: Lost Days | older | $14.99 | 131 76% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Chibig |
 | Crazy Islands | $13.99 | 73 68% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $30,638) | Ge-Aivan | |
 | Town of Zoz | $19.99 | 50 70% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Studio Pixanoh | |
 | Grimoire Groves | $19.99 | 47 82% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,186) | Stardust | |
 | Ice Age | · EA | $9.99 | 50 56% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Sabertooth Studio |
 | The Colony 2044 | · EA | $9.99 | 32 59% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Nexrage Studios |
 | Caravan Village: Farming Life | · EA | $12.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | Corvantia Interactive |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | My First Craft Survival | $5.20 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.7k (exactly $2,652) | kuriemeiku | |
 | Cryptid Keeper | $4.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Double Jackdaw |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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