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Should I ship a Logic Colony Sim?
Colony Sim + Logic
Of 20 developers who shipped a Logic Colony Sim 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.. 30 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $3.2M, ×5150 the market median. Revenue is up 1245% on the market; 30 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,234,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 1245% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Colony Sim, Logic; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Base Building, Building
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,769 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Stationeers 2017 · EA · $9.0M 
Mind Over Magic 2025 · $3.2M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
Winter 2022 · EA · $306k 
Code: Terraform 2026 · EA · $113k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stationeers | · EA older | $34.99 | 8,597 88% | 258k | $9.0M (exactly $9,024,271) | RocketWerkz |
| | Mind Over Magic | $24.99 | 4,314 86% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,234,206) | Sparkypants | |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | Winter | · EA older | $29.99 | 340 73% | 10k | $306k (exactly $305,898) | Frostfall Realms Studios |
| | Code: Terraform | · EA | $14.99 | 252 85% | 7.6k | $113k (exactly $113,324) | AppsMafia |
 | Mistward | $11.99 | 74 59% | 2.2k | $27k (exactly $26,618) | Sokpop Collective | |
 | Nova Patria | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | Sower Interactive | |
 | Army To Army | older | $24.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Match Village | older | $3.99 | 51 84% | 1.5k | $6.1k (exactly $6,105) | Rising Moon Games |
 | MOAI 7: Mystery Coast | older | $8.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | Gamefjord |
 | Avian Colony | $9.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Ice Crystal Studio | |
 | AUTARKIS | $4.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | rockingprojects | |
 | Rocket Engineer | · EA | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Xavier B. |
 | Truck City | $5.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $3.6k (exactly $3,594) | Mikel Fernandez | |
 | MicroFab | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Flirp | |
 | Orbiteers | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Northborne Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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