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Life Sim + Board Game
Only 15 developers shipped a Board Game 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, Supercar Collection Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $167k (exactly $166,839) |
| Top 5% | $595k (exactly $595,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 13140% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim, Board Game
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,428 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicStrong odds
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- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + ZombiesFair
Comparable games
THE GAME OF LIFE 2 2020 · $1.4M 
Supercar Collection Simulator 2025 · $595k 
Walk of Life 2026 · $533k 
Console Shop Simulator 2025 · EA · $248k 
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat 2013 · $181k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | THE GAME OF LIFE 2 | older | $12.49 | 3,702 78% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,387,139) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | Supercar Collection Simulator | $12.99 | 1,528 85% | 46k | $595k (exactly $595,462) | Kiki Games | |
| | Walk of Life | $19.99 | 888 94% | 27k | $533k (exactly $532,534) | Porcelain Fortress | |
| | Console Shop Simulator | · EA | $15.99 | 516 92% | 15k | $248k (exactly $247,525) | Lance Games |
| | 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat | older | $19.99 | 301 61% | 9.0k | $181k (exactly $180,510) | Mousechief |
 | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
 | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | Table Battle Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $33k (exactly $33,124) | Kiki Games |
 | The Dope Game | older | $4.99 | 188 79% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | Tenth&Hess Games |
 | MagicCar of Delicious | $9.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | YINGGUO GAME | |
 | アネモネ / Anemone | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Jloo | |
 | Your mini wife | $2.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | 3DPeta | |
 | 香港地產王 | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | T-Time Technology CO., LTD. | |
 | Luck City - monopoly | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Overgrup |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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