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Should I ship a Puzzle Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Puzzle
Of 24 developers who shipped a Puzzle 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.. 54 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 54 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper, while revenue is down 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $94k (exactly $94,437) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 110 |
| Announced | 54 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Puzzle
- effort 2 / 10 · high · discrete rules, levels are data
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Puzzle; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Open World, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Colorful, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 686 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IncrementalFair
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- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + FishingPoor odds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Urbek City Builder | older | $18.99 | 1,830 89% | 55k | $1.0M (exactly $1,042,551) | Fridus |
| | Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,033 77% | 31k | $774k (exactly $774,440) | Broken Arms Games |
| | The Signal State | older | $19.99 | 649 86% | 19k | $389k (exactly $389,205) | Reckoner Industries |
| | Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife | older | $19.99 | 391 88% | 12k | $234k (exactly $234,483) | inDirection Games |
| | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
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 | Cascadia | $14.99 | 210 98% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Dire Wolf | |
 | The Last Alchemist | older | $19.99 | 151 76% | 4.5k | $91k (exactly $90,555) | Vile Monarch |
 | Tiny Garden | $12.99 | 108 85% | 3.2k | $42k (exactly $42,088) | Ao Norte | |
 | Garden Trills | $14.99 | 87 96% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $39,124) | Yukim | |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs | |
 | Eastern Block Summer | $7.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Space Lemon Games, Francis Bean | |
 | Combine 2 Pumpkins | $4.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | 2Z | |
 | Paws & Potions | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Revolto Software | |
 | Hentai Sally | $0.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Book of Myko | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Charles V Fisher |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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