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Should I ship a Medical Sim Adventure game?
Adventure + Medical Sim
Only 19 developers shipped a Medical Sim Adventure game 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, Night Shift Nurses, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $350k, ×749 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 42 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,779) |
| Top 5% | $356k (exactly $355,622) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Medical Sim
- 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, Medical Sim; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,202 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + PinballFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
The Mortuary Assistant 2022 · $5.4M 
Autopsy Simulator 2024 · $1.0M 
Mind Scanners 2021 · $558k 
Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal 2016 · $484k 
Night Shift Nurses 2024 · $356k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Mortuary Assistant | older | $24.99 | 7,269 92% | 218k | $5.4M (exactly $5,449,569) | DarkStone Digital |
| | Autopsy Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,337 49% | 40k | $1.0M (exactly $1,002,349) | Woodland Games |
| | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
| | Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal | older | $19.99 | 807 93% | 24k | $484k (exactly $483,958) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
| | Night Shift Nurses | $19.99 | 593 84% | 18k | $356k (exactly $355,622) | Shiravune | |
 | Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat | older | $19.99 | 328 95% | 9.8k | $197k (exactly $196,702) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
 | Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath | older | $19.99 | 181 62% | 5.4k | $109k (exactly $108,546) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
 | Real Feel | $19.99 | 170 64% | 5.1k | $102k (exactly $101,949) | Entropy Digital Entertainment | |
 | Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator | $12.99 | 208 59% | 6.2k | $81k (exactly $81,058) | Zeitglas | |
 | The Patient S Remedy | older | $39.99 | 50 98% | 1.5k | $60k (exactly $59,985) | MADA labo |
 | Songs of Life | $8.99 | 80 81% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,576) | DreamStep | |
 | Witch Please: Sex Service | $7.99 | 70 65% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,779) | Aquilon | |
 | Necrologium | $9.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Bob's Cult Studio | |
 | Neo Harbor Rescue Squad | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | BancyCo | |
 | Dilemma | $5.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | DrAxelStudio | |
 | The Book of Plagues | $6.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | DiaMMax Games | |
 | Antidote to despair | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Gamet |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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