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Should I ship an Animal Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Animals
Of 21 developers who shipped an Animal Farming Sim 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.. 58 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×611 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 58 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,056) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1900% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Animals
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Farming Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Automation, Building
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cozy, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 58 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Farming Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TacticalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Visual NovelLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
Comparable games
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Cattails | Become a Cat! 2017 · $1.0M 
Cattails: Wildwood Story 2023 · $887k 
Spirit of the Island 2022 · $536k 
The Ranchers 2026 · EA · $410k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Cattails | Become a Cat! | older | $14.99 | 2,315 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,041,056) | Falcon Development |
| | Cattails: Wildwood Story | older | $19.99 | 1,479 97% | 44k | $887k (exactly $886,956) | Falcon Development |
| | Spirit of the Island | older | $14.99 | 1,191 69% | 36k | $536k (exactly $535,593) | 1M Bits Horde |
| | The Ranchers | · EA | $24.99 | 547 57% | 16k | $410k (exactly $410,086) | The Ranchers |
 | Happy Sheepies | older | $19.99 | 561 85% | 17k | $336k (exactly $336,432) | Berker Games |
 | Farm to Table | · EA | $14.99 | 645 91% | 19k | $290k (exactly $290,056) | indieGiant |
 | Plantera 2: Golden Acorn | older | $4.99 | 1,191 93% | 36k | $178k (exactly $178,293) | VaragtP |
 | Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge | older | $19.99 | 230 86% | 6.9k | $138k (exactly $137,931) | Humble Reeds |
 | Descending The Woods | · EA older | $18.99 | 111 47% | 3.3k | $63k (exactly $63,237) | AIONWARE LTD |
 | Nimbit Frontier | · EA | $13.99 | 113 97% | 3.4k | $47k (exactly $47,426) | Megasploot |
 | Push Push | $4.99 | 111 97% | 3.3k | $17k (exactly $16,617) | 1ceAgain | |
 | Petunia's Purgatory | $6.99 | 69 98% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Dead Possum Games | |
 | Cosmic Coop | $7.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Omnivorian | |
 | Plump! Dumb Frog Pond | $7.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | FHNBHJ | |
 | Cozy Sanctuary | $4.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | OverPowered Team | |
 | Agraria | $12.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Possibly Huge | |
 | Hamster Talk | $4.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | LINE Games Corporation |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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