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Should I ship a Fishing Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Fishing
Of 44 developers who shipped a Fishing 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.. 128 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $560k, ×905 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 128 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $43,386) |
| Top 5% | $568k (exactly $568,273) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 113 |
| Announced | 128 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Fishing
- 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, Fishing; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Action
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 3D, 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 81% positive over 7,971 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 128 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + 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
Potion Permit 2022 · $2.6M 
Moonstone Island 2023 · $2.4M 
Phoenotopia: Awakening 2021 · $1.7M 
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos 2021 · $1.6M 
Nice Day for Fishing 2025 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Potion Permit | older | $19.99 | 4,358 78% | 131k | $2.6M (exactly $2,613,493) | MassHive Media |
| | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
| | Phoenotopia: Awakening | older | $19.99 | 2,755 82% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,652,173) | Cape Cosmic |
| | Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos | older | $19.99 | 2,705 77% | 81k | $1.6M (exactly $1,622,188) | Heliocentric Studios |
| | Nice Day for Fishing | $19.99 | 2,609 86% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,564,617) | FusionPlay | |
 | Wild West Legacy | older | $26.99 | 1,706 39% | 51k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,348) | Moon Punch Studio |
 | Salt 2: Shores of Gold | $19.99 | 2,182 85% | 65k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,545) | Lavaboots Studios | |
 | Cryptmaster | older | $24.99 | 1,671 94% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) | Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games |
 | FATE: Reawakened | $24.99 | 758 73% | 23k | $568k (exactly $568,273) | gamigo US Inc., Tableflip Entertainment… (gamigo US Inc., Tableflip Entertainment AB) | |
 | Seablip | · EA older | $14.99 | 1,078 81% | 32k | $485k (exactly $484,777) | Jardar Solli |
 | Voodoo Fishin' | · EA | $9.99 | 800 81% | 24k | $240k (exactly $239,760) | Lost Arcade |
 | Luminary | · EA | $19.99 | 343 74% | 10k | $206k (exactly $205,697) | Refractive Entertainment |
 | Spindle | $19.99 | 315 95% | 9.5k | $189k (exactly $188,905) | Wobble Ghost | |
 | Starlight Revolver | · EA | $12.99 | 404 54% | 12k | $157k (exactly $157,439) | Pahdo Labs |
 | Water You Doing? | $7.99 | 294 59% | 8.8k | $70k (exactly $70,472) | DiSolve Studios | |
 | Following Seas | · EA | $14.99 | 153 76% | 4.6k | $69k (exactly $68,804) | Whipstaff Games |
 | Nanomon Virtual Pet | $14.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Oscar Brittain |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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