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Should I ship a Farming Character Customization game?
Character Customization + Farming
Of 20 developers who shipped a Farming Character Customization 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.. 35 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $26k, ×42 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2M, ×3649 the market median. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 35 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) |
|---|---|
| Median | $26k (exactly $26,083) |
| Top 25% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Top 5% | $2.3M (exactly $2,291,833) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 100% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Farming
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Crafting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Relaxing, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 7,949 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.3k. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Character Customization with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town 2020 · $6.3M 
Aloft 2025 · EA · $2.3M 
Mirthwood 2024 · $1.7M 
STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life 2023 · $1.4M 
Outbound 2026 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town | older | $39.99 | 5,268 93% | 158k | $6.3M (exactly $6,320,020) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Aloft | · EA | $24.99 | 3,057 82% | 92k | $2.3M (exactly $2,291,833) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
| | Mirthwood | $24.99 | 2,242 69% | 67k | $1.7M (exactly $1,680,827) | Bad Ridge Games | |
| | STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life | older | $39.99 | 1,199 78% | 36k | $1.4M (exactly $1,438,440) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Outbound | $24.99 | 1,788 73% | 54k | $1.3M (exactly $1,340,464) | Square Glade Games | |
 | Ooblets | older | $29.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $1.2M (exactly $1,248,784) | Glumberland |
 | Hokko Life | older | $19.99 | 1,853 68% | 56k | $1.1M (exactly $1,111,244) | Wonderscope Games |
 | KoboldKare | older | $14.99 | 1,836 89% | 55k | $826k (exactly $825,649) | Naelstrof |
 | Song Of The Prairie | older | $19.99 | 1,295 77% | 39k | $777k (exactly $776,611) | The Droplet Studio |
 | SunnySide | older | $19.99 | 913 67% | 27k | $548k (exactly $547,526) | Aftabi Games |
 | Rise of Industry 2 | $34.99 | 154 55% | 4.6k | $162k (exactly $161,654) | SomaSim | |
 | Collector's Cove | $19.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | VoodooDuck | |
 | Chill Town | $9.99 | 200 68% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Low-Hi Tech | |
 | Focus Grove | $8.99 | 172 98% | 5.2k | $46k (exactly $46,388) | Little Lantern | |
 | Elsewhere | · EA | $15.99 | 80 96% | 2.4k | $38k (exactly $38,376) | Four White Cats |
 | Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets | · EA | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Akrew |
 | Cropia | $14.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Cropstone Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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