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Should I ship a Farming Sim Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Farming Sim
Of 43 developers who shipped a Farming Sim 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.. 95 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.2k, ×9.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×641 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 95 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,186) |
| Top 5% | $403k (exactly $402,616) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 100 |
| Announced | 95 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 20% 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
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Farming Sim; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 5,227 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 95 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 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
Moonstone Island 2023 · $2.4M 
Weed Shop 3 2022 · $2.4M 
Wildmender 2023 · $1.3M 
Return from Core 2025 · $826k 
Kitaria Fables 2021 · $751k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
| | Weed Shop 3 | older | $19.99 | 3,956 93% | 119k | $2.4M (exactly $2,372,413) | Weed Games |
| | Wildmender | older | $24.99 | 1,797 85% | 54k | $1.3M (exactly $1,347,211) | Muse Games |
| | Return from Core | $16.99 | 1,620 75% | 49k | $826k (exactly $825,714) | 顽核社 FuncoreClub | |
| | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | Grunn | $12.99 | 1,345 95% | 40k | $524k (exactly $524,146) | Sokpop Collective, Tom van den Boogaart | |
 | Dinotica | $17.99 | 746 86% | 22k | $403k (exactly $402,616) | XA Studio | |
 | Serin Fate | older | $19.99 | 458 73% | 14k | $275k (exactly $274,663) | Vethergen |
 | Monster Harvest | older | $16.99 | 458 53% | 14k | $233k (exactly $233,443) | Maple Powered Games |
 | Fox Sex Farm | $17.99 | 413 82% | 12k | $223k (exactly $222,896) | R's | |
 | Oppidum | $29.99 | 161 67% | 4.8k | $145k (exactly $144,852) | EP Games® | |
 | Border Town | $14.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $113,774) | GoHoGames | |
 | The Last FARMER | $12.99 | 258 56% | 7.7k | $101k (exactly $100,543) | Geekon | |
 | 汉尘：腐草为萤 | · EA | $7.99 | 305 71% | 9.2k | $73k (exactly $73,108) | 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd. |
 | The Economy Bros | $19.99 | 56 82% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | Devin Carlson | |
 | World Crafter TD | $14.99 | 70 48% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Tbjbu2 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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