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Should I ship an Agriculture Turn-Based Strategy?
Agriculture + Turn-Based Strategy
Only 14 developers shipped an Agriculture Turn-Based Strategy 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, Cropdeck, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $330; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×267 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $330 (exactly $330) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) |
| Top 5% | $168k (exactly $167,571) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 55% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Turn-Based Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Agriculture, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 566 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
EARTHLOCK 2018 · $343k 
Latex Dungeon 2022 · $290k 
Terracards 2023 · EA · $198k 
Cropdeck 2026 · $168k 
Crop Rotation 2023 · $152k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | EARTHLOCK | older | $29.99 | 381 76% | 11k | $343k (exactly $342,786) | Snowcastle Games |
| | Latex Dungeon | older | $9.99 | 969 82% | 29k | $290k (exactly $290,409) | GODNASK, ZXC |
| | 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 |
 | Citizens: Far Lands | older | $9.99 | 94 73% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | RedKar Devs |
 | Grand Cru: The Wine Maker | $14.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | hAi Corp | |
 | 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 |
 | Dynasty Game 2 | $7.99 | 29 65% | 870 | $7.0k (exactly $6,951) | Yocone | |
 | Ooze Keeper | · EA | $6.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | ZlitzGames |
 | Tree Kingdoms | $5.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Biscuit Factory Games | |
 | Agrocracy | $10.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Pluvio Studio | |
 | Fortune & Famine | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Simeous Business, Mid Level Meeple | |
 | Leaf Town | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | SpringLeaf | |
 | Bloomon | $1.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | 17 Pages | |
 | Doll Hero Thirty-Six | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | 文山工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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