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Should I ship a Job Simulator Adventure game?
Adventure + Job Simulator
Of 40 developers who shipped a Job Simulator Adventure game 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.. 50 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.3k, ×13 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $3.6k. Revenue is up 450% on the market; 50 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.5k (exactly $3,510) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) |
| Top 25% | $46k (exactly $45,554) |
| Top 5% | $889k (exactly $889,355) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 450% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Adventure
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Job Simulator; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 6,247 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + PinballFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad 2020 · $3.2M 
Loddlenaut 2023 · $2.3M 
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 2024 · $1.8M 
Animal Shelter 2 2025 · $903k 
Bladesong 2026 · EA · $889k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Firefighting Simulator - The Squad | older | $24.99 | 4,287 82% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,213,964) | Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware |
| | Loddlenaut | older | $19.99 | 3,832 98% | 115k | $2.3M (exactly $2,298,050) | Moon Lagoon |
| | Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 | older | $14.99 | 4,018 91% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,806,895) | One More Time |
| | Animal Shelter 2 | $24.99 | 1,204 79% | 36k | $903k (exactly $902,639) | Games Incubator | |
| | Bladesong | · EA | $19.99 | 1,483 95% | 44k | $889k (exactly $889,355) | SUN AND SERPENT creations |
 | The Last Gas Station | $13.99 | 1,250 87% | 38k | $525k (exactly $524,625) | Alawar | |
 | Anime Shop Simulator ✨ | $14.99 | 589 73% | 18k | $265k (exactly $264,873) | One More Time | |
 | Bear's Restaurant | older | $12.99 | 649 94% | 19k | $253k (exactly $252,915) | Odencat |
 | Wilmot's Warehouse | older | $14.99 | 526 96% | 16k | $237k (exactly $236,542) | Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg |
 | Bus-Simulator 2012 | older | $6.99 | 986 43% | 30k | $207k (exactly $206,764) | TML-Studios |
 | Worming from Home | $7.99 | 793 98% | 24k | $190k (exactly $190,082) | Zach Northrop, Mason Sabharwal | |
 | Japanese Rural Life Adventure | $24.99 | 238 80% | 7.1k | $178k (exactly $178,429) | G-MODE, GAME START LLC | |
 | Map Map - A Game About Maps | $14.99 | 264 91% | 7.9k | $119k (exactly $118,721) | Pipapo Games | |
 | Letter Lost | $19.99 | 156 82% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $93,553) | FlatNine Games | |
 | Woodo | $16.99 | 118 99% | 3.5k | $60k (exactly $60,145) | Tiny Monks Tales | |
 | Deadly Delivery | $9.99 | 152 89% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Flat Head Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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