Should I ship a Cooking FPS?
FPS + Cooking
Of 23 developers who shipped a Cooking FPS 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.. 40 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $3.7M, ×2529 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 40 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,809) |
| Top 5% | $3.8M (exactly $3,788,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Cooking; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Action-Adventure, Character Customization
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 17,053 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Dating SimFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + FaithFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + RunnerLong shot
- + Action RTSLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + DogsLong shot
Comparable games
SULFUR 2024 · EA · $7.2M 
Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator 2026 · $3.8M 
Hold Your Own 2017 · EA · $239k 
Baking Bad 2026 · EA · $41k 
Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀 2025 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SULFUR | · EA | $24.99 | 9,641 87% | 289k | $7.2M (exactly $7,227,858) | Perfect Random |
| | Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator | $17.99 | 7,019 83% | 211k | $3.8M (exactly $3,788,154) | Biotech Gameworks | |
| | Hold Your Own | · EA older | $14.99 | 532 65% | 16k | $239k (exactly $239,240) | DistrictWare inc. |
| | Baking Bad | · EA | $10.99 | 123 32% | 3.7k | $41k (exactly $40,553) | FunkyArmor |
| | Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀 | $14.99 | 67 71% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | Octo Games studio | |
 | Flatinside Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 64 64% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | SncI Studios |
 | Cakey's Twisted Bakery | older | $9.99 | 50 78% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | TinyMindz |
 | Road Food Simulator | $12.99 | 38 57% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | 2MEDYA | |
 | We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator | older | $4.99 | 84 58% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | Harold Crow |
 | Garden Of Mooj | older | $14.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Kcfos |
 | The Sushi Bar | 寿司バー | $4.99 | 66 50% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | KM Studios | |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Gym Camp Simulator | $4.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | For Fun Games | |
 | Fade Survival | · EA | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Phoenix Gaming Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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