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Should I ship a Dog Cooking game?
Cooking + Dogs
Only 12 developers shipped a Dog Cooking 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, Rancher: A new life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.1k, ×17 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $420. Revenue is up 2595% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) |
| Top 25% | $64k (exactly $64,168) |
| Top 5% | $159k (exactly $158,920) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 2595% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,052 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
Comparable games
STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town 2021 · $1.6M 
Big Farm Story 2021 · $703k 
Everdream Valley 2023 · $531k 
Dog Brew 2024 · $160k 
Rancher: A new life 2026 · EA · $159k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town | older | $39.99 | 1,357 82% | 41k | $1.6M (exactly $1,627,993) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Big Farm Story | older | $19.99 | 1,172 78% | 35k | $703k (exactly $702,848) | Goodgame Studios |
| | Everdream Valley | older | $24.99 | 708 70% | 21k | $531k (exactly $530,788) | Mooneaters |
| | Dog Brew | older | $3.50 | 1,522 97% | 46k | $160k (exactly $159,810) | Yuliy Oneshko, S-Grade |
| | Rancher: A new life | · EA | $19.99 | 265 64% | 8.0k | $159k (exactly $158,920) | Sim Farm S.A. |
 | Not Monday Cafe | $8.99 | 539 94% | 16k | $145k (exactly $145,368) | Sunny Syrup Studio | |
 | Salamander County Public Television | older | $9.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Tinzone Games |
 | Everdream Village | · EA | $19.99 | 107 69% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Mooneaters |
 | Sunrise's Order | older | $17.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $35k (exactly $34,541) | Misstic Studio |
 | Stay: Your Forever Pet! | · EA | $12.99 | 61 96% | 1.8k | $24k (exactly $23,772) | Windup Minds |
 | Colored Pencil Bakery | $9.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Andymente | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Chick'n Mushroom Soup | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Team Sermath | |
 | Chiba | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Mikail Miller, Johnathon Autry, Katie B… (Mikail Miller, Johnathon Autry, Katie Buell, Aidan Fushimi, Austin Lothman) | |
 | 料理乱斗 | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | NanZhai Game | |
 | Kitchen Delights | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BronStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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