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Should I ship a Tower Defense Agriculture game?
Agriculture + Tower Defense
Only 9 developers shipped a Tower Defense 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, Legacy of Sin: Ill-Boding, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $330 in the last 2 years and $330 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $330 (exactly $330) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,963) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 820 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 26 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Agriculture with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Farm for your Life 2014 · $150k 
Guardener 2022 · $22k 
Garden Of Mooj 2021 · $10k 
Legacy of Sin: Ill-Boding 2025 · $9.0k 
Tuttle: Star Flower Harvest 2023 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farm for your Life | older | $9.99 | 499 81% | 15k | $150k (exactly $149,550) | Hammer Labs |
| | Guardener | older | $4.99 | 145 83% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,706) | Sokpop Collective |
| | Garden Of Mooj | older | $14.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Kcfos |
| | Legacy of Sin: Ill-Boding | $12.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $9.0k (exactly $8,963) | Absolute Power Game Studio | |
| | Tuttle: Star Flower Harvest | older | $5.99 | 40 100% | 1.2k | $7.2k (exactly $7,188) | Ismael Rodriguez |
 | Garden Guardian | older | $4.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $7.2k (exactly $7,186) | Liam Allen-Miller |
 | GILTSTEADER - Tower Defense | older | $5.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Lessermore |
 | Herder | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Porchman Games |
 | WFD | older | $7.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | HelloVR |
 | Hive | older | $4.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Bage |
 | NecroFarm | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Podigi Games | |
 | Gutfarm | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | TincatGames | |
 | Harvest Loop | $1.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | FetterSky Studio | |
 | Doll Hero Thirty-Six | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | 文山工作室 | |
 | Chicken Defense | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Lazy4Games | |
 | 保卫粮食 Grain Defense | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 放马过去 | |
 | Wild Roots : Chef Vs Critters | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Creekside Interactive |
 | Spud Keeper | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Skeindem |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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