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Should I ship a City Builder Sports game?
City Builder + Sports
Only 5 developers shipped a City Builder Sports game 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, Under Par Golf Architect, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,058) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $29,397) |
| Top 5% | $95k (exactly $94,753) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than 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.
- City Builder
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- City Builder, Sports
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 1,182 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.9k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
City Builder with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IncrementalFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + RacingLong shot
- + RomePoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
Under Par Golf Architect 2026 · $95k 
Basketball Club Story 2023 · $50k 
Pocket League Story 2022 · $43k 
Home Run High 2022 · $42k 
Resort Boss: Golf 2019 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Under Par Golf Architect | $19.99 | 158 81% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Broken Arms Games | |
| | Basketball Club Story | older | $8.99 | 184 71% | 5.5k | $50k (exactly $49,625) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Pocket League Story | older | $8.99 | 160 88% | 4.8k | $43k (exactly $43,152) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Home Run High | older | $8.99 | 155 72% | 4.7k | $42k (exactly $41,804) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Resort Boss: Golf | older | $12.99 | 95 35% | 2.9k | $37k (exactly $37,022) | Gus Martin |
 | Pro Wrestler Story | $8.99 | 109 49% | 3.3k | $29k (exactly $29,397) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Shiny Ski Resort | older | $8.99 | 102 92% | 3.1k | $28k (exactly $27,509) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Boxing Gym Story | older | $10.99 | 79 68% | 2.4k | $26k (exactly $26,046) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Skating Rink Story | $12.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $26k (exactly $25,720) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Ski Park Tycoon | older | $9.99 | 74 60% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | by Jan Zizka |
 | Octohill Ski Tycoon | $8.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | DeuxBaguettes | |
 | Happy Piggy | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Doomvile Brainrot | $0.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Splatapult | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Recoil Mojo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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