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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an AI Time Management game?

Time Management + Artificial Intelligence

Of 53 developers who shipped an AI Time Management game 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.. 65 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×2.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 65 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.2 times the market baseline, revenue down 20% on the market, 65 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Time Management + Artificial Intelligence
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 53
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.1k → $897 → $12k → $6.1k → $2.3k → $3.0k → $1.0k (still earning) → $1.0k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Time Management + Artificial Intelligence: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 53
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $1.0k (exactly $1,048)
Top 25% $44k (exactly $43,827)
Top 5% $364k (exactly $363,625)
Developers, 2 yr 53
Released games 126
Announced 65
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 20% on the market, supply 230% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Artificial Intelligence
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Resource Management, Strategy
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 7,200 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $1.0k, 1 in 4 over $43k, 1 in 20 over $360k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dungeon CrawlerFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + ProgrammingFair15 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  3. + Inventory ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  4. + AgricultureFair57 devs · median $2.3k · 73 announced
  5. + Time TravelFair17 devs · median $2.2k · 19 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair27 devs · median $2.1k · 29 announced
  7. + LootFair34 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  8. + Turn-Based TacticsFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  9. + AutomationFair162 devs · median $1.2k · 191 announced
  10. + Bullet HellFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  11. + ThrillerFair42 devs · median $1.1k · 65 announced
  12. + Mystery DungeonFair11 devs · median $898 · 8 announced

All 179 pairs on the Time Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Global Rescue 2026 · EA · $1.4M Shawarma Legend 2024 · $647k AV Director Life! 2025 · $595k FACEMINER 2025 · $364k SPITE: Taking the Boss's Wife, Sister and Mother 2026 · $185k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Global Rescue · EA $24.99 1,864 86% 56k $1.4M (exactly $1,397,441) PeDePe GbR
Shawarma Legend older $2.99 7,210 92% 216k $647k (exactly $646,737) Eyad Alshafei
AV Director Life! $29.99 661 85% 20k $595k (exactly $594,702) TeamKRAMA
FACEMINER $7.99 1,517 90% 46k $364k (exactly $363,625) Wristwork
SPITE: Taking the Boss's Wife, Sister and Mother $7.99 770 82% 23k $185k (exactly $184,569) DIAMOND VISUAL
Pawnbroker Simulator $14.99 359 69% 11k $161k (exactly $161,442) Next Sky Games
Net.Attack() - Code or Die! $7.99 510 80% 15k $122k (exactly $122,247) ByteRockers' Games
Food Processing Simulator $12.99 304 87% 9.1k $118k (exactly $118,469) Bewolba Studios
Widget Inc. $4.99 761 84% 23k $114k (exactly $113,922) Leaping Turtle
NODE $24.99 146 91% 4.4k $109k (exactly $109,456) Lapsus Games
Rocky Idle $9.99 308 83% 9.2k $92k (exactly $92,308) Rocky Games Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.