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Should I ship a Combat Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Combat
Of 26 developers who shipped a Combat 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.. 58 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $710k, ×1146 the market median. Revenue is up 170% on the market; 58 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $24,100) |
| Top 5% | $720k (exactly $719,960) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 170% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Combat
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sandbox, Base Building, Survival
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 4,897 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different second tag, 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
Sun Haven 2023 · $17M 
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 2020 · $4.5M 
Atomicrops 2020 · $2.3M 
Aloft 2025 · EA · $2.3M 
Rune Factory 3 Special 2023 · $881k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sun Haven | older | $24.99 | 22,069 79% | 662k | $17M (exactly $16,545,129) | Pixel Sprout Studios |
| | 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 |
| | Aloft | · EA | $24.99 | 3,057 82% | 92k | $2.3M (exactly $2,291,833) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 3 Special | older | $39.99 | 734 94% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | Welcome to Elderfield | $17.99 | 1,334 87% | 40k | $720k (exactly $719,960) | Chris Cote | |
 | Autonauts vs Piratebots | older | $19.99 | 334 80% | 10k | $200k (exactly $200,300) | Denki |
 | Picontier / ピコンティア | older | $24.99 | 125 74% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $93,712) | SKIPMORE, Kan.Kikuchi |
 | Ecopunk | · EA | $22.99 | 133 81% | 4.0k | $92k (exactly $91,730) | Zerone Games |
 | Goblin Camp | $19.99 | 118 76% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | Korppi Games Ltd | |
 | My Drug Cartel | · EA | $24.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | Gigicom |
 | Crazy Islands | $13.99 | 73 68% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $30,638) | Ge-Aivan | |
 | Touhou Farming ~ Minoriko's Homestead Harvest | · EA | $11.99 | 67 95% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $24,100) | Studio Hexeye |
 | The Colony 2044 | · EA | $9.99 | 32 59% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Nexrage Studios |
 | My Shelter | $3.99 | 31 48% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | Fantasy Tree | |
 | Apoikia | · EA | $24.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $3.0k (exactly $2,999) | Charlie |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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