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Should I ship a Horse Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Horses
Only 15 developers shipped a Horse Action-Adventure 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, Crimson Desert Enhanced, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 47 more are announced, ×5.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.7k, ×5.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $240M, ×384686 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 47 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) |
| Top 25% | $117k (exactly $116,941) |
| Top 5% | $242M (exactly $241,583,083) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 47 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Horses
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Gore, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 136,108 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different setting or mood, 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
Crimson Desert Enhanced 2026 · $242M 
Red Dead Redemption 2024 · $30M 
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash 2024 · $1.9M 
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch 2022 · $786k 
Han Xiongnu Wars 2017 · $461k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crimson Desert Enhanced | $69.99 | 115,056 83% | 3.5M | $242M (exactly $241,583,083) | Pearl Abyss | |
| | Red Dead Redemption | $49.99 | 20,294 92% | 609k | $30M (exactly $30,434,912) | Rockstar Games, Double Eleven | |
| | Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash | older | $44.99 | 1,429 75% | 43k | $1.9M (exactly $1,928,721) | Cygames, Inc., Arc System Works |
| | Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch | older | $29.99 | 874 62% | 26k | $786k (exactly $786,338) | Aesir Interactive |
| | Han Xiongnu Wars | older | $6.99 | 2,200 67% | 66k | $461k (exactly $461,340) | Shangshi Studio |
 | Ertugrul of Ulukayin | · EA | $19.99 | 447 84% | 13k | $268k (exactly $268,066) | Tekden Studio |
 | My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery | older | $39.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $151k (exactly $151,162) | Drakhar Studios |
 | Golden Chambers | · EA | $19.99 | 195 80% | 5.9k | $117k (exactly $116,941) | Mr. Pink |
 | Yet Another Fantasy Title (YAFT) | older | $19.99 | 181 59% | 5.4k | $109k (exactly $108,546) | Atomic Wolf |
 | Secret of the Magic Crystals | older | $4.99 | 640 79% | 19k | $96k (exactly $95,808) | Artery Games |
 | Hobby Horse | $14.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Games Incubator | |
 | Trans Theft Horso | $11.00 | 18 100% | 540 | $5.9k (exactly $5,940) | Cow Children Games | |
 | Storm Horse Simulator | $9.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | INDIE FORGE STUDIOS S.R.L. | |
 | HorSteal | $3.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | JebiDeungDeung, Jebi Studio | |
 | Deer Hero | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Nyoro | |
 | Story of the Olivia | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | Uğur ÇELİK |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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