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Open World Survival Craft + Colony Sim
Only 11 developers shipped a Colony Sim Open World Survival Craft 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, Soulmask, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $170k, ×126 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $58k; 1 in 20 cleared $16M, ×12320 the market median. Revenue is up 1095% on the market; 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $58k (exactly $57,542) |
|---|---|
| Median | $170k (exactly $170,315) |
| Top 25% | $1.5M (exactly $1,503,448) |
| Top 5% | $17M (exactly $16,594,966) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 1095% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Open World Survival Craft
- effort 9 / 10 · low · dedicated multiplayer servers over a huge content build
- Colony Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Open World Survival Craft, Colony Sim
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 39,255 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $58k. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Open World Survival Craft with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
Comparable games
Soulmask 2026 · $17M 
ASKA 2024 · EA · $7.8M 
StarRupture 2026 · EA · $7.4M 
CryoFall 2021 · $2.9M 
Castle Story 2017 · $2.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Soulmask | $29.99 | 18,445 76% | 553k | $17M (exactly $16,594,966) | CampFire Studio | |
| | ASKA | · EA older | $24.99 | 10,457 79% | 314k | $7.8M (exactly $7,839,613) | Sand Sailor Studio |
| | StarRupture | · EA | $19.99 | 12,333 80% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,396,100) | Creepy Jar |
| | CryoFall | older | $19.99 | 4,905 78% | 147k | $2.9M (exactly $2,941,528) | AtomicTorch Studio |
| | Castle Story | older | $9.99 | 9,279 67% | 278k | $2.8M (exactly $2,780,916) | Sauropod Studio |
 | Eden Crafters | $19.99 | 2,507 85% | 75k | $1.5M (exactly $1,503,448) | Osaris Games | |
 | Survivalist: Invisible Strain | $11.99 | 4,014 87% | 120k | $1.4M (exactly $1,443,836) | Bob | |
 | ALL WILL FALL | $29.99 | 1,262 76% | 38k | $1.1M (exactly $1,135,421) | All Parts Connected | |
 | Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival | older | $19.99 | 807 69% | 24k | $484k (exactly $483,958) | Tbjbu2 |
 | Farworld Pioneers | older | $14.99 | 621 37% | 19k | $279k (exactly $279,264) | Igloosoft |
 | Guardians of the Sanctree | $19.99 | 284 72% | 8.5k | $170k (exactly $170,315) | HuCang Studio | |
 | Oceaneers | · EA | $24.99 | 103 86% | 3.1k | $77k (exactly $77,219) | Barrel Smash Studios |
 | Colonize | $9.99 | 192 39% | 5.8k | $58k (exactly $57,542) | Rembrosoft | |
 | Utopia Colony | $16.99 | 99 63% | 3.0k | $50k (exactly $50,460) | GridSky Studios | |
 | No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape | $9.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | GameEraStudios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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