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Should I ship a Capitalist Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Capitalism
Of 23 developers who shipped a Capitalist Agriculture 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.. 38 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $17k, ×26 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $6.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $870k, ×1389 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 38 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $5.9k (exactly $5,920) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,639) |
| Top 25% | $89k (exactly $89,311) |
| Top 5% | $872k (exactly $872,427) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 80% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Capitalism
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 11,832 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.0k. 5 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + CatsFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + FishingPoor odds
Comparable games
Eco 2018 · EA · $10M 
Tiny Pasture 2025 · $1.3M 
Horsey Game 2026 · $872k 
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator 2021 · $774k 
Farm Manager World 2025 · $363k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Eco | · EA older | $29.99 | 11,375 80% | 341k | $10M (exactly $10,234,088) | Strange Loop Games |
| | Tiny Pasture | $5.99 | 7,055 92% | 212k | $1.3M (exactly $1,267,784) | CaveLiquid | |
| | Horsey Game | $9.99 | 2,911 97% | 87k | $872k (exactly $872,427) | Captain Games | |
| | Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,033 77% | 31k | $774k (exactly $774,440) | Broken Arms Games |
| | Farm Manager World | $19.99 | 605 68% | 18k | $363k (exactly $362,818) | Cleversan Games | |
 | Terracards | · EA older | $8.99 | 733 84% | 22k | $198k (exactly $197,690) | Pixel Purrfect |
 | Restaurant Empire II | older | $19.99 | 322 80% | 9.7k | $193k (exactly $193,103) | Enlight Software Limited |
 | Rise of Industry 2 | $34.99 | 154 55% | 4.6k | $162k (exactly $161,654) | SomaSim | |
 | Ranch Farm and Store Simulator | $12.99 | 252 84% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bewolba Studios | |
 | Alchemy Garden | older | $6.99 | 466 66% | 14k | $98k (exactly $97,720) | MadSushi Games |
 | ACRES | $14.99 | 210 80% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Jimi Games | |
 | Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator | $9.99 | 298 80% | 8.9k | $89k (exactly $89,311) | Bewolba Studios | |
 | Sloppy Fields | · EA | $9.79 | 201 95% | 6.0k | $59k (exactly $59,034) | PixelPanzone |
 | Farm Factory Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 98 93% | 2.9k | $38k (exactly $38,191) | Bewolba Studios |
 | My Drug Cartel | · EA | $24.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | Gigicom |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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