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Should I ship a Farming Cooking game?
Cooking + Farming
Only 17 developers shipped a Farming 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, Fields of Mistria, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $17k, ×35 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $13M, ×28202 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,566) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $27,881) |
| Top 5% | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 50% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Cooking; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Crafting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 36,014 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Fields of Mistria 2026 · $13M 
Doloc Town 2026 · $1.9M 
Ooblets 2023 · $1.2M 
Among Trees 2021 · $931k 
Big Farm Story 2021 · $703k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fields of Mistria | $13.99 | 31,918 96% | 958k | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) | NPC Studio | |
| | Doloc Town | $19.99 | 3,166 94% | 95k | $1.9M (exactly $1,898,650) | RedSaw Games Studio | |
| | Ooblets | older | $29.99 | 1,388 91% | 42k | $1.2M (exactly $1,248,784) | Glumberland |
| | Among Trees | older | $14.99 | 2,071 68% | 62k | $931k (exactly $931,329) | FJRD Interactive |
| | Big Farm Story | older | $19.99 | 1,172 78% | 35k | $703k (exactly $702,848) | Goodgame Studios |
 | Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands | older | $24.99 | 785 72% | 24k | $589k (exactly $588,514) | Alchemist Interactive |
 | SunnySide | older | $19.99 | 913 67% | 27k | $548k (exactly $547,526) | Aftabi Games |
 | Creator Chronicles | $11.99 | 424 64% | 13k | $153k (exactly $152,513) | Origin Studio | |
 | Farm for your Life | older | $9.99 | 499 81% | 15k | $150k (exactly $149,550) | Hammer Labs |
 | Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge | older | $19.99 | 230 86% | 6.9k | $138k (exactly $137,931) | Humble Reeds |
 | Chill Town | $9.99 | 200 68% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Low-Hi Tech | |
 | Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets | · EA | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Akrew |
 | Node Farm | $11.99 | 75 81% | 2.3k | $27k (exactly $26,978) | ByerN | |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs | |
 | Tales from The Dancing Moon | $17.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $18k (exactly $18,350) | DjMonkey | |
 | Dreaming Isles | $6.99 | 79 51% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | YawningDad | |
 | Bitter Harvest | $9.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | BitQuest Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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