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Should I ship a Cat Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Cats
Only 18 developers shipped a Cat Agriculture 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, Pawsome Resort, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 17 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) |
| Top 5% | $53k (exactly $52,876) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Automation, Creature Collector
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Relaxing, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 330 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + FishingPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
Comparable games
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 2020 · $4.5M 
Atomicrops 2020 · $2.3M 
STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town 2021 · $1.6M 
STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life 2023 · $1.4M 
Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife 2024 · $234k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | older | $29.99 | 5,004 92% | 150k | $4.5M (exactly $4,502,099) | Edelweiss |
| | Atomicrops | older | $14.99 | 5,134 93% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,760) | Bird Bath Games |
| | STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town | older | $39.99 | 1,357 82% | 41k | $1.6M (exactly $1,627,993) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life | older | $39.99 | 1,199 78% | 36k | $1.4M (exactly $1,438,440) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife | older | $19.99 | 391 88% | 12k | $234k (exactly $234,483) | inDirection Games |
 | The Good Life | older | $29.99 | 198 74% | 5.9k | $178k (exactly $178,141) | White Owls Inc. |
 | Garden Simulator | older | $14.99 | 358 82% | 11k | $161k (exactly $160,993) | PRODUKTIVKELLER Studios |
 | Homestead Arcana | older | $19.99 | 98 66% | 2.9k | $59k (exactly $58,771) | Serenity Forge |
 | Pawsome Resort | · EA | $11.99 | 147 83% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | Pixel Puffs |
 | Garage Sale | older | $6.99 | 103 98% | 3.1k | $22k (exactly $21,599) | Bug Burrow |
 | Animal Trainer Simulator | $14.99 | 29 37% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Games Incubator | |
 | My Tiny Garden | $4.99 | 65 60% | 2.0k | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) | Frozen Logic Studios | |
 | Meowingtons Simulator | $5.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) | Oberha5li Studios | |
 | Catfish Idle Pond | $4.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Full Bridge LLC | |
 | Pawoki: Desktop Pets | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | BlastBun, Nektogone | |
 | Cozy Farm | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | PoleCat Games | |
 | Cats and Cows | $4.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Joseph Cook | |
 | Paws & Potions | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Revolto Software | |
 | Potion Wilds | $11.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Amotoplay |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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