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Should I ship an Agriculture Tactical game?
Tactical + Agriculture
Only 15 developers shipped an Agriculture Tactical 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, Mamon King, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×374 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $45 (exactly $45) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
| Top 5% | $235k (exactly $234,989) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Agriculture
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical, Agriculture
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,061 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tactical with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Mamon King 2025 · $235k 
Rise of Industry 2 2025 · $162k 
Cascadia 2025 · $94k 
Shrot 2024 · $23k 
太平洋之嵐6 ～ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy 2018 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mamon King | $12.99 | 603 90% | 18k | $235k (exactly $234,989) | LiTMUS Co., Ltd. | |
| | Rise of Industry 2 | $34.99 | 154 55% | 4.6k | $162k (exactly $161,654) | SomaSim | |
| | Cascadia | $14.99 | 210 98% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Dire Wolf | |
| | Shrot | older | $6.99 | 109 89% | 3.3k | $23k (exactly $22,857) | Spytihněv |
| | 太平洋之嵐6 ～ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy | older | $24.99 | 18 27% | 540 | $13k (exactly $13,495) | SystemSoft Alpha Cooperation |
 | The people of Sea, Sun & Salt | $9.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Emerick Gibson | |
 | Tile Tale | older | $4.99 | 35 62% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Combine 2 Pumpkins | $4.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | 2Z | |
 | Fruits Vs Veggies | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Ishbull Studios | |
 | GILTSTEADER - Tower Defense | older | $5.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Lessermore |
 | NecroFarm | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Podigi Games | |
 | Smoke Shop Simulator | · EA | $3.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Anka Games |
 | Oceanic Rails | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Extrinc Studios |
 | 保卫粮食 Grain Defense | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 放马过去 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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