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Should I ship an AI Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Artificial Intelligence
Only 17 developers shipped an AI Farming Sim 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, The Farmer Was Replaced, 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: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 750% on the market; 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $24,276) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,065) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.49 |
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 up 750% on the market, supply 85% 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
- Artificial Intelligence
- 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, Idler
- Price point
- $5.49 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.49.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 9,775 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Farming Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TacticalFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Visual NovelLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
The Farmer Was Replaced 2025 · $2.7M 
Crypto Mining Simulator 2021 · $212k 
Weed Shop 4: Highland 2026 · EA · $123k 
Farm Factory Simulator 2026 · EA · $38k 
Vilmonic 2018 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Farmer Was Replaced | $9.99 | 9,116 95% | 273k | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,065) | Timon Herzog | |
| | Crypto Mining Simulator | older | $4.99 | 1,419 65% | 43k | $212k (exactly $212,424) | Satosha Nakamoti |
| | Weed Shop 4: Highland | · EA | $19.99 | 205 52% | 6.2k | $123k (exactly $122,938) | Weed Games |
| | Farm Factory Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 98 93% | 2.9k | $38k (exactly $38,191) | Bewolba Studios |
| | Vilmonic | older | $14.99 | 69 69% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | Bludgeonsoft |
 | Slice the Crops! | $5.49 | 163 80% | 4.9k | $27k (exactly $26,846) | Wobblers Games | |
 | The Lustful Inn of Female Adventurers | $9.99 | 81 76% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $24,276) | StudioVR | |
 | Life of an NPC | · EA | $14.99 | 21 52% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Max Loh |
 | Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) | · EA | $7.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Raclette Games |
 | Kselebox | · EA older | $4.99 | 48 68% | 1.4k | $7.2k (exactly $7,186) | KseLeroN |
 | Shelter X | $2.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Inspite, W-I-W | |
 | Meer's: Escape | $3.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $718 (exactly $718) | Meer's | |
 | Tranquil Koi 鯉の池 | $2.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | FroggySoggy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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