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Should I ship a Farming Collectathon game?
Collectathon + Farming
Only 17 developers shipped a Farming Collectathon 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, Farming & Supermarket Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×28 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $300k, ×632 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,676) |
| Top 5% | $300k (exactly $300,350) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 15% more 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.
- Collectathon
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Farming
- 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
- Collectathon; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Farming Sim, Building
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 2,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Collectathon with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CapitalismStrong odds
- + Turn-BasedFair
- + EconomyFair
- + ManagementFair
- + CrimeFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SokobanFair
- + MythologyFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Combat RacingFair
Comparable games
Farming & Supermarket Simulator 2025 · $300k 
Plantera 2: Golden Acorn 2023 · $178k 
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge 2024 · $138k 
Agrivore: Incremental Farming 2026 · $104k 
Collector's Cove 2026 · $82k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming & Supermarket Simulator | $11.99 | 835 79% | 25k | $300k (exactly $300,350) | EY08 Games | |
| | Plantera 2: Golden Acorn | older | $4.99 | 1,191 93% | 36k | $178k (exactly $178,293) | VaragtP |
| | Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge | older | $19.99 | 230 86% | 6.9k | $138k (exactly $137,931) | Humble Reeds |
| | Agrivore: Incremental Farming | $6.99 | 494 70% | 15k | $104k (exactly $103,592) | verty | |
| | Collector's Cove | $19.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | VoodooDuck | |
 | Farm Keeper | older | $4.99 | 390 91% | 12k | $58k (exactly $58,383) | Cuddle Code |
 | Game of Grass | $6.99 | 275 84% | 8.3k | $58k (exactly $57,668) | Hipsterdufus | |
 | Fujii - A Magical Gardening Adventure | older | $9.99 | 99 91% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,670) | Funktronic Labs |
 | Chronomon | · EA | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Stone Golem Studios |
 | Pet Lands | $14.99 | 47 46% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito | |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs | |
 | Farming Incremental But With Guns | $3.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $14k (exactly $13,526) | Clementine Wolf Games | |
 | My Money Grows On Trees | $9.99 | 44 54% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Tbjbu2 | |
 | Starseed | · EA | $11.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | heartsynth |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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