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Should I ship a Female-Led Colony Sim?
Colony Sim + Female Protagonist
Only 7 developers shipped a Female-Led Colony Sim 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, Futanari★Coffee shop, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.6k, ×7.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.5k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,946) |
| Top 5% | $150k (exactly $149,833) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Colony Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Colony Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 30,810 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Colony Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + 4XPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + MarsPoor odds
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Farm Together 2018 · $11M 
ASKA 2024 · EA · $7.8M 
Jumplight Odyssey 2023 · EA · $865k 
Space Colony: Steam Edition 2015 · $254k 
Futanari★Coffee shop 2026 · $150k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farm Together | older | $19.99 | 17,647 93% | 529k | $11M (exactly $10,582,906) | Milkstone Studios |
| | ASKA | · EA older | $24.99 | 10,457 79% | 314k | $7.8M (exactly $7,839,613) | Sand Sailor Studio |
| | Jumplight Odyssey | · EA older | $29.99 | 961 58% | 29k | $865k (exactly $864,612) | League of Geeks |
| | Space Colony: Steam Edition | older | $14.99 | 564 78% | 17k | $254k (exactly $253,631) | Firefly Studios |
| | Futanari★Coffee shop | $13.99 | 357 91% | 11k | $150k (exactly $149,833) | W77Games | |
 | Smelter | older | $19.99 | 165 64% | 5.0k | $99k (exactly $98,950) | X PLUS Co., Ltd. |
 | The Manga Works | older | $8.99 | 253 67% | 7.6k | $68k (exactly $68,234) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Cafeteria Nipponica | older | $8.99 | 175 85% | 5.3k | $47k (exactly $47,198) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Moons of Ardan | · EA older | $19.99 | 76 94% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Pandora Technology |
 | Home Run High | older | $8.99 | 155 72% | 4.7k | $42k (exactly $41,804) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Final Frontier Story | $8.99 | 48 72% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,946) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Thieves Of Dingirra | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Winter Wolves | |
 | Climber Girl | $7.99 | 19 36% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | AlterLab Development | |
 | Sprite's Honor! | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Holographicquad | |
 | Syr and The Stars' Revival | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Caro Builders | |
 | Fish Simulator | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | JosephTheFish, ThatBoyFlacko |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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