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Should I ship a Horse Arcade game?
Arcade + Horses
Only 17 developers shipped a Horse Arcade 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, Horse Runner DX, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $8.6k, ×14 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $8.7k (exactly $8,683) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 65% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arcade; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Simulation, 2D Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 266 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
MY LITTLE PONY: A Maretime Bay Adventure 2022 · $777k 
DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure 2021 · $27k 
Furry SexyTails 2021 · $24k 
Sparkles & Gems 2021 · $13k 
Bibi & Tina - Adventures with Horses 2018 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MY LITTLE PONY: A Maretime Bay Adventure | older | $39.99 | 648 79% | 19k | $777k (exactly $777,406) | Melbot Studios |
| | DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure | older | $29.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $27k (exactly $26,991) | AHEARTFULOFGAMES |
| | Furry SexyTails | older | $1.50 | 527 85% | 16k | $24k (exactly $23,715) | Furlough Games |
| | Sparkles & Gems | older | $14.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | resnijars |
| | Bibi & Tina - Adventures with Horses | older | $14.99 | 23 43% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Independent Arts Software |
 | Horse Runner DX | $4.99 | 58 91% | 1.7k | $8.7k (exactly $8,683) | Mat Makes Games | |
 | My Life: Pet Vet | older | $14.99 | 19 42% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Caipirinha Games |
 | Horse Plinko | $4.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Crawley, Womp | |
 | Tap Derby: Horse Racing | $4.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Frost Warrior Studios | |
 | RUN HARE RUN | older | $4.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | High and Wide |
 | HorSteal | $3.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | JebiDeungDeung, Jebi Studio | |
 | Hole Your Horses: Champion Edition | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Intrusive Thoughts Creative Collective | |
 | Accolade Sports Collection (QUByte Classics) | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | QUByte Interactive | |
 | MareDare | $0.99 | 52 88% | 1.6k | $1.5k (exactly $1,544) | Rakan Haddad Software | |
 | Morse vs. Horse | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Company with your friends | |
 | Bark and Catch | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Amberlight Games | |
 | FuRRy BANGER | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | FURRAI_XXX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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