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Should I ship a Roguelike Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Roguelike
Of 25 developers who shipped a Roguelike 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.. 29 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×441 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 29 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,737) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) |
| Top 5% | $277k (exactly $276,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 50% on the market, supply 155% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Roguelike
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Roguelike; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Farming Sim, Simulation, Action
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 2,378 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. 29 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Atomicrops 2020 · $2.3M 
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 2025 · EA · $749k 
Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse 2026 · $277k 
Terracards 2023 · EA · $198k 
Cropdeck 2026 · $168k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Atomicrops | older | $14.99 | 5,134 93% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,760) | Bird Bath Games |
| | Card Survival: Fantasy Forest | · EA | $21.99 | 1,135 76% | 34k | $749k (exactly $748,760) | WinterSpring Games |
| | Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse | $16.99 | 543 72% | 16k | $277k (exactly $276,767) | Frontside 180 | |
| | Terracards | · EA older | $8.99 | 733 84% | 22k | $198k (exactly $197,690) | Pixel Purrfect |
| | Cropdeck | $12.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $168k (exactly $167,571) | Piotrek | |
 | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
 | Garlant: My Story | older | $10.99 | 234 84% | 7.0k | $77k (exactly $77,150) | Flt Studio |
 | Grimoire Groves | $19.99 | 47 82% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,186) | Stardust | |
 | Deck of Harvest | · EA | $11.99 | 73 67% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $26,258) | GameFarmer, Pone Games |
 | Moondrop | older | $14.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | Moonroof Studios |
 | The Colony 2044 | · EA | $9.99 | 32 59% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Nexrage Studios |
 | Ooze Keeper | · EA | $6.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | ZlitzGames |
 | Trees Inc | $4.99 | 43 83% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Mobmonks | |
 | Chickenauts | · EA | $5.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | SneakyBox, Kautki Cave |
 | Wrangle Ranch | $5.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | BenBonk, XraiDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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