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Should I ship a Logic City Builder?

City Builder + Logic

Of 58 developers who shipped a Logic City Builder 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.. 74 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×5.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 74 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.2 times the market baseline, revenue up 70% on the market, 74 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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City Builder + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 58
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $179 → $15k → $1.1k → $4.0k → $2.9k → $779 → $17k (still earning) → $3.3k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for City Builder + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 58
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $3.3k (exactly $3,267)
Top 25% $18k (exactly $17,538)
Top 5% $473k (exactly $472,682)
Developers, 2 yr 58
Released games 156
Announced 74
Effort 6 / 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 up 70% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

City Builder
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Logic
effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
City Builder, Logic; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Simulation, Strategy
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Relaxing, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 5,246 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $3.3k, 1 in 4 over $17k, 1 in 20 over $470k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 74 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

City Builder with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Visual NovelStrong odds10 devs · median $19k · 8 announced
  2. + IncrementalFair75 devs · median $1.3k · 96 announced
  3. + Hidden ObjectFair16 devs · median $1.3k · 20 announced
  4. + ArcadeFair28 devs · median $898 · 27 announced
  5. + RacingLong shot12 devs · median $299 · 9 announced
  6. + RomePoor odds9 devs · median $423k · 10 announced
  7. + Real-Time with PausePoor odds13 devs · median $215k · 25 announced
  8. + HorrorPoor odds10 devs · median $157k · 21 announced
  9. + Alternate HistoryPoor odds17 devs · median $146k · 50 announced
  10. + Online Co-OpPoor odds32 devs · median $118k · 55 announced
  11. + DiplomacyPoor odds26 devs · median $108k · 47 announced
  12. + Post-apocalypticPoor odds40 devs · median $71k · 85 announced

All 136 pairs on the City Builder page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.