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Should I ship a Sci-fi Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Sci-fi
Only 13 developers shipped a Sci-fi 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, Blossom: The Seed of Life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $510k, ×821 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $750 (exactly $750) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,484) |
| Top 5% | $515k (exactly $515,307) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 35% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Sci-fi
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,764 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
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Comparable games
Stationeers 2017 · EA · $9.0M 
Lightyear Frontier 2024 · EA · $3.2M 
Automation Empire 2019 · $2.3M 
Blossom: The Seed of Life 2026 · $515k 
The Signal State 2021 · $389k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stationeers | · EA older | $34.99 | 8,597 88% | 258k | $9.0M (exactly $9,024,271) | RocketWerkz |
| | Lightyear Frontier | · EA older | $24.99 | 4,257 83% | 128k | $3.2M (exactly $3,191,473) | FRAME BREAK |
| | Automation Empire | older | $29.99 | 2,584 65% | 78k | $2.3M (exactly $2,324,825) | DOG HOGGLER |
| | Blossom: The Seed of Life | $16.99 | 1,011 88% | 30k | $515k (exactly $515,307) | Pebbledust Games | |
| | The Signal State | older | $19.99 | 649 86% | 19k | $389k (exactly $389,205) | Reckoner Industries |
 | One Lonely Outpost | $19.99 | 540 58% | 16k | $324k (exactly $323,838) | indie.io | |
 | Utawarerumono: ZAN | $39.99 | 85 77% | 2.6k | $102k (exactly $101,974) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | Before The Green Moon | older | $11.99 | 138 94% | 4.1k | $50k (exactly $49,639) | Turnfollow |
 | Moons of Ardan | · EA older | $19.99 | 76 94% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Pandora Technology |
 | Distant Bloom | older | $4.99 | 243 73% | 7.3k | $36k (exactly $36,377) | Ember Trail |
 | Cyber Farmer | $9.99 | 55 45% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | FreeMind S.A. | |
 | Sigma World Online | $4.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Crematorium of Time | |
 | Constructed | · EA | $14.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Gaming Project |
 | Fruits Vs Veggies | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Ishbull Studios | |
 | Herba Project : Desktop Lab | $3.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | IndieCain | |
 | SurvivalWorld | · EA | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Robert De Leon |
 | A Package For Space | · EA | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Reading Time Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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