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Should I ship a PvP Agriculture game?
PvP + Agriculture
Only 9 developers shipped a PvP 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, The Quinfall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $1.5k. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,242) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 24120% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- PvP
- effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP, Agriculture
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 59% positive over 17,545 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + BilliardsFair
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Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | CryoFall | older | $19.99 | 4,905 78% | 147k | $2.9M (exactly $2,941,528) | AtomicTorch Studio |
| | Cascadia | $14.99 | 210 98% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Dire Wolf | |
| | Hole io | older | $4.99 | 217 59% | 6.5k | $32k (exactly $32,485) | VOODOO |
| | Manic Mechanics | older | $24.99 | 39 66% | 1.2k | $29k (exactly $29,238) | 4J Studios |
| | Bounty Pro Pulling | · EA | $24.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $20k (exactly $20,242) | KODGAMES, LLC |
| | Woodfel | older | $9.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | L3fty Games |
| | Watermelon Challenge | older | $2.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $3.0k (exactly $2,960) | Floofy Feather Studios |
| | Fruits Vs Veggies | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Ishbull Studios | |
| | -HOME- Survival | · EA older | $8.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Eigen-Kreationen Game Studios |
| | Fortune & Famine | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Simeous Business, Mid Level Meeple | |
| | Bunny's Bodacious Buffet Bonanza | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Odd Bird Out Entertainment LLC | |
| | Real Or Fake | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Jsumin08 | |
| | Sapling Wars | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gary | |
| | Mavors | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Guns, Gods, and Steel |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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