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Should I ship a Magic Colony Sim?
Colony Sim + Magic
Only 16 developers shipped a Magic 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, Becastled, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $3.2M, ×5108 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 46 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $111k (exactly $111,488) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,207,795) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 46 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Magic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Colony Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.90 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.90 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 9,092 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 46 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Colony Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + 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
Comparable games
Becastled 2025 · $3.2M 
Spellcaster University 2021 · $2.6M 
Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim 2025 · $2.2M 
Gord 2023 · $1.2M 
Dungeon Village 2022 · $224k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Becastled | $19.99 | 5,349 81% | 160k | $3.2M (exactly $3,207,795) | Mana Potion Studios | |
| | Spellcaster University | older | $24.99 | 3,424 83% | 103k | $2.6M (exactly $2,566,973) | Sneaky Yak Studio |
| | Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim | $24.90 | 2,938 77% | 88k | $2.2M (exactly $2,194,686) | Rockbee Team | |
| | Gord | older | $49.99 | 809 53% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) | Covenant.dev |
| | Dungeon Village | older | $8.99 | 829 88% | 25k | $224k (exactly $223,581) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Diggles: The Myth of Fenris | older | $9.99 | 619 89% | 19k | $186k (exactly $185,514) | Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, Genera… (Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, General Arcade) |
 | Factory Town Idle | older | $4.99 | 1,232 90% | 37k | $184k (exactly $184,430) | Erik Asmussen |
 | Wizdom Academy | · EA | $21.99 | 235 62% | 7.1k | $155k (exactly $155,030) | Kipwak Studio, Lake On Fire |
 | Hearthlands | older | $15.99 | 306 82% | 9.2k | $147k (exactly $146,788) | Four White Cats |
 | Glittermitten Grove | older | $9.99 | 395 82% | 12k | $118k (exactly $118,382) | Mostly Tigerproof |
 | Pandora's Toybox | $9.99 | 372 83% | 11k | $111k (exactly $111,488) | BetaLab | |
 | Cavern Adventurers | $8.99 | 117 48% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,555) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Royal Lord - 王权领主 | $14.99 | 40 90% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | 开发鸭 | |
 | Cube Kingdoms | $7.49 | 27 92% | 810 | $6.1k (exactly $6,067) | GamingPugsStudios | |
 | Frontera | $9.99 | 5 20% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Duality LLC | |
 | Gnome Glade | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Ykedepi | |
 | Wayward Valley | · EA | $14.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | PixelPulse Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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