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Should I ship a Character Customization Job Simulator?
Character Customization + Job Simulator
Of 27 developers who shipped a Character Customization Job Simulator 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.. 32 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 $9.6k, ×15 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×2937 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 32 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) |
| Top 25% | $60k (exactly $60,404) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 down 20% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Job Simulator
- 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, Job Simulator; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Life Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 3D, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 15,484 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.6k. 5 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
Fast Food Simulator 2024 · EA · $3.9M 
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe 2023 · $2.2M 
Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator 2023 · $2.0M 
Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game 2023 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | Fast Food Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 8,653 86% | 260k | $3.9M (exactly $3,891,254) | No Ceiling Games |
| | Papa's Freezeria Deluxe | older | $5.99 | 12,275 99% | 368k | $2.2M (exactly $2,205,818) | Flipline Studios |
| | Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator | older | $29.99 | 2,222 83% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $1,999,133) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game | older | $9.99 | 6,261 87% | 188k | $1.9M (exactly $1,876,422) | TapBlaze |
 | The Ranch of Rivershine | $29.99 | 2,050 94% | 62k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) | Cozy Bee Games | |
 | Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe | $5.99 | 3,450 98% | 104k | $620k (exactly $619,965) | Flipline Studios | |
 | Coffee Caravan | older | $11.99 | 1,400 92% | 42k | $504k (exactly $503,580) | Broccoli Games |
 | Japanese Rural Life Adventure | $24.99 | 238 80% | 7.1k | $178k (exactly $178,429) | G-MODE, GAME START LLC | |
 | Pizza House Simulator🍕 | $12.99 | 411 87% | 12k | $160k (exactly $160,167) | Broken Lyre Entertainment, Wendigo Games | |
 | Critter Café | $9.99 | 266 72% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $79,720) | Sumo Digital | |
 | Sports Card Shop Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 155 92% | 4.7k | $60k (exactly $60,404) | OverPowered Team |
 | MilkTea Time | $11.99 | 114 82% | 3.4k | $41k (exactly $41,006) | 星九猫游戏-StarNineCat Games | |
 | Mech Builder 3D | $14.99 | 77 93% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $34,627) | Don Pachi | |
 | Kokoro Kitchen | $11.99 | 70 81% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Mango Leaf Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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