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Should I ship a Gambling Automation game?
Automation + Gambling
Of 24 developers who shipped a Gambling Automation 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.. 39 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.6k, ×4.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $610k, ×987 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 39 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) |
| Top 25% | $64k (exactly $64,494) |
| Top 5% | $620k (exactly $619,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 280% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automation
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Automation, Gambling; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Economy, Idler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Relaxing, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 12,139 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + Female ProtagonistStrong odds
- + Open World Survival CraftFair
- + HorrorFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + Class-BasedFair
- + MiningFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + FishingFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
Comparable games
Fortune Mill 2026 · $890k 
Gamblers Table 2026 · $620k 
Ultimate Theater Simulator 2025 · $247k 
Incredicer 2025 · $216k 
Fhtagn Simulator 2022 · $128k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fortune Mill | $7.99 | 3,712 81% | 111k | $890k (exactly $889,766) | Lavaflame2 | |
| | Gamblers Table | $6.99 | 2,955 74% | 89k | $620k (exactly $619,664) | greenpixels, Bossforge | |
| | Ultimate Theater Simulator | $12.99 | 634 88% | 19k | $247k (exactly $247,070) | RAKTWO Games, steelbox Games | |
| | Incredicer | $2.99 | 2,408 85% | 72k | $216k (exactly $215,998) | pochi | |
| | Fhtagn Simulator | older | $7.99 | 535 89% | 16k | $128k (exactly $128,240) | 锁眼工作室 |
 | Slots & Diapers | $6.99 | 539 88% | 16k | $113k (exactly $113,028) | Parodie Games | |
 | Dice People | $2.99 | 719 90% | 22k | $64k (exactly $64,494) | Mateusk2m, Manodeix | |
 | SuperTaxCity | $9.99 | 166 89% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $49,750) | soramame-koubou | |
 | Particul | $1.99 | 769 80% | 23k | $46k (exactly $45,909) | MILLION PIXELS | |
 | Your Second Wife | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Kygua Tech | |
 | Pick Ball | $2.49 | 102 66% | 3.1k | $7.6k (exactly $7,619) | Blueberry Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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