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Should I ship an Agriculture FPS?
FPS + Agriculture
Only 10 developers shipped an Agriculture FPS 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, Zombie Graveyard Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $750 against a market of $1.5k. 24 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $750 (exactly $750) |
| Top 25% | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) |
| Top 5% | $362k (exactly $362,008) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 50% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Agriculture
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 926 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Zompiercer 2020 · EA · $2.7M 
Zombie Graveyard Simulator 2025 · $362k 
Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） 2017 · $211k 
Twins of the Pasture 2017 · $67k 
Crazy Islands 2025 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zompiercer | · EA older | $19.99 | 4,562 88% | 137k | $2.7M (exactly $2,735,831) | DDDimanN |
| | Zombie Graveyard Simulator | $14.99 | 805 89% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | threeW | |
| | Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） | older | $19.99 | 352 90% | 11k | $211k (exactly $211,094) | STORIA, Narrator, SimonCreative |
| | Twins of the Pasture | older | $7.99 | 278 74% | 8.3k | $67k (exactly $66,637) | Dieselmine |
| | Crazy Islands | $13.99 | 73 68% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $30,638) | Ge-Aivan | |
 | 仙道孤旅 | · EA older | $8.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,294) | 仙道 |
 | Garden Of Mooj | older | $14.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Kcfos |
 | Farm Supply Simulator 25 | · EA | $11.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Superwolf Game Studio, Lycan Arts |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | Farmland Realm | older | $0.99 | 79 56% | 2.4k | $2.3k (exactly $2,346) | Leakage Games |
 | A Package For Space | · EA | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Reading Time Studio |
 | Smoke Shop Simulator | · EA | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Anka Games |
 | Chick Game | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 1CHAAAIN, BLOCKCHAAAIN | |
 | The S.H.O.W. | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | SGS | |
 | Holy Carrot Simulator | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lunar Code Studio | |
 | Chicken Up | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Chunky Cats Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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