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Should I ship an Auto Battler Life Sim?
Life Sim + Auto Battler
Only 10 developers shipped an Auto Battler Life 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, Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.6k, ×14 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×966 the market median. Revenue is up 165% on the market; 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $65,335) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 up 165% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Life Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- 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
- Life Sim, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 79% positive over 1,288 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator 2026 · EA · $459k 
Garbage 2021 · $451k 
Fish Game 2023 · $442k 
Unholy Heights 2013 · $135k 
Becoming a King 2025 · $126k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
| | Garbage | older | $14.99 | 1,003 66% | 30k | $451k (exactly $451,049) | Homebased |
| | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
| | Unholy Heights | older | $3.99 | 1,129 90% | 34k | $135k (exactly $135,141) | Petit Depotto |
| | Becoming a King | $14.99 | 281 77% | 8.4k | $126k (exactly $126,366) | Lustration Team, TopHouse Studio | |
 | The Bibites: Digital Life | · EA | $9.99 | 218 96% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | Omnia Studios |
 | Hole Dweller | older | $7.99 | 260 96% | 7.8k | $62k (exactly $62,322) | Thigh High Games |
 | Basketball Club Story | older | $8.99 | 184 71% | 5.5k | $50k (exactly $49,625) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Pro Wrestler Story | $8.99 | 109 49% | 3.3k | $29k (exactly $29,397) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Boxing Gym Story | older | $10.99 | 79 68% | 2.4k | $26k (exactly $26,046) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Dungeon Market Simulator | $9.99 | 22 40% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | DarkRook Interactive | |
 | Idle Streaming Bonanza | $4.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Anarky Games | |
 | CRIXUS: Life of free Gladiator | $7.99 | 15 46% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Waseku | |
 | PathSketch | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | ac | |
 | My Favorite Coworker | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Guildmate Games | |
 | MythGotchi | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TexelHeim |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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