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Building + Medical Sim
Only 14 developers shipped a Building Medical 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, Potion Tycoon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $11k, ×17 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×601 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $10,547) |
| Top 25% | $37k (exactly $36,863) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $377,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building, Medical Sim; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Resource Management, Sandbox
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,492 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.3k. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Two Point Hospital 2018 · $24M 
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
Let's School 2023 · $3.5M 
Big Pharma 2015 · $1.1M 
War Hospital 2024 · $905k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Two Point Hospital | older | $29.99 | 26,638 92% | 799k | $24M (exactly $23,966,209) | Two Point Studios |
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | Let's School | older | $19.99 | 5,887 92% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,434) | Pathea Games |
| | Big Pharma | older | $24.99 | 1,443 78% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,817) | Twice Circled |
| | War Hospital | older | $29.99 | 1,006 60% | 30k | $905k (exactly $905,098) | Brave Lamb Studio S.A. |
 | Galacticare | older | $29.99 | 600 85% | 18k | $540k (exactly $539,820) | Brightrock Games |
 | Potion Tycoon | $19.99 | 629 71% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Snowhound Games | |
 | BM General Hospital | $7.99 | 1,368 86% | 41k | $328k (exactly $327,910) | zzzgame | |
 | Weed Shop 2 | older | $9.99 | 845 86% | 25k | $253k (exactly $253,246) | ADhD Studios |
 | Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator | · EA older | $11.99 | 260 73% | 7.8k | $94k (exactly $93,522) | Jarrod Brown |
 | Fable Hospital | $24.99 | 82 75% | 2.5k | $61k (exactly $61,475) | AMGames TC | |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | Doctor Life Simulator | $4.99 | 128 62% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games… (Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC) | |
 | Pharmacy Store Simulator | $8.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,182) | Art Games Studio S.A. | |
 | Sim Hospital | $7.99 | 44 50% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $10,547) | Dao Studio | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | 英雄荣光医院 | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Areas R | |
 | 電視夢工場 | $3.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | T-Time Technology CO., LTD. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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