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Should I ship a Horse Building game?
Building + Horses
Only 12 developers shipped a Horse Building game 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 Ranch of Rivershine, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $13k against a market of $630. 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $13,486) |
| Top 25% | $246k (exactly $245,877) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 830% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Building
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,313 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Building with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CatsFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
Farm Together 2018 · $11M 
The Ranch of Rivershine 2025 · $1.8M 
Calico 2020 · $1.2M 
Depraved 2019 · $677k 
Wild Indigo Ranch 2024 · $254k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farm Together | older | $19.99 | 17,647 93% | 529k | $11M (exactly $10,582,906) | Milkstone Studios |
| | The Ranch of Rivershine | $29.99 | 2,050 94% | 62k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) | Cozy Bee Games | |
| | Calico | older | $11.99 | 3,238 88% | 97k | $1.2M (exactly $1,164,709) | Peachy Keen Games |
| | Depraved | older | $19.99 | 1,129 60% | 34k | $677k (exactly $677,061) | Evil Bite |
| | Wild Indigo Ranch | $19.99 | 424 68% | 13k | $254k (exactly $254,273) | Funday Games | |
 | Gaucho and the Grassland | $19.99 | 410 96% | 12k | $246k (exactly $245,877) | Epopeia Games | |
 | Wildlife Park 2 | older | $6.99 | 507 71% | 15k | $106k (exactly $106,318) | b-alive gmbh |
 | Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator | $17.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | One Slice of Pizza Games | |
 | My Horse: Bonded Spirits | older | $19.99 | 130 38% | 3.9k | $78k (exactly $77,961) | Games Incubator |
 | Ancient Farm | $14.99 | 155 55% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | A2 Softworks | |
 | Horse Farm Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 45 60% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Glow Egg Games |
 | King's Legacy: A Crown Divided Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Cateia Games | |
 | Harve | $2.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Lunar Studios | |
 | Strange Zoo | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Pomerania Games | |
 | Kings of Cratia | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | eniscoskun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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