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Choices Matter + Job Simulator
Of 43 developers who shipped a Choices Matter 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.. 69 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.2k, ×17 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $480k, ×1022 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 69 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) |
| Top 25% | $94k (exactly $93,553) |
| Top 5% | $486k (exactly $485,665) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 69 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 30% on the market, supply 130% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter, Job Simulator; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Multiple Endings, Economy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 14,796 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.9k. 6 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 69 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choices Matter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RacingFair
- + ChessFair
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Comparable games
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs 2026 · $5.5M 
Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator 2023 · $2.0M 
Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game 2023 · $1.9M 
Dealer's Life 2 2022 · $1.8M 
No Umbrellas Allowed 2021 · $836k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs | $19.99 | 9,209 95% | 276k | $5.5M (exactly $5,522,637) | Mandragora | |
| | 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 |
| | Dealer's Life 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,994 85% | 120k | $1.8M (exactly $1,796,102) | Abyte Entertainment |
| | No Umbrellas Allowed | older | $19.99 | 1,394 80% | 42k | $836k (exactly $835,982) | Hoochoo Game Studios |
 | Thank You For Your Application | $19.99 | 953 81% | 29k | $572k (exactly $571,514) | IceLemonTea Studio | |
 | Lost But Found | $6.99 | 2,316 71% | 69k | $486k (exactly $485,665) | Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Dealer's Life | older | $9.99 | 1,257 93% | 38k | $377k (exactly $376,723) | Abyte Entertainment |
 | Final Profit: A Shop RPG | older | $14.99 | 520 95% | 16k | $234k (exactly $233,844) | Brent Arnold |
 | Cinema Simulator 2025 | · EA | $11.99 | 573 76% | 17k | $206k (exactly $206,108) | HOGO Games |
 | Tostchu | $7.99 | 594 84% | 18k | $142k (exactly $142,382) | Ravenscape Collective | |
 | Teller's Duty | $11.99 | 388 72% | 12k | $140k (exactly $139,564) | Hiscory | |
 | Dealer's Life Legend | $14.99 | 271 81% | 8.1k | $122k (exactly $121,869) | Abyte Entertainment | |
 | Emergency Room Simulator | $24.99 | 154 43% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Caipirinha Games | |
 | K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut | $19.99 | 175 53% | 5.3k | $105k (exactly $104,947) | Wisageni Studio | |
 | High Times | $19.99 | 163 90% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yangyang Mobile |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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