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Should I ship a Medieval Cooking game?
Cooking + Medieval
Of 29 developers who shipped a Medieval Cooking game 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.. 77 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.1k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $960; 1 in 20 cleared $740k, ×1576 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 77 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $959 (exactly $959) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,213) |
| Top 5% | $749k (exactly $748,760) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 77 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Building, Life Sim
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 15,023 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $960. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 77 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 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
Black Desert 2017 · $19M 
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty 2024 · $15M 
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 2024 · $1.8M 
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest 2025 · EA · $749k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Black Desert | older | $9.99 | 63,052 75% | 1.9M | $19M (exactly $18,896,684) | Pearl Abyss |
| | The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | older | $9.99 | 49,765 94% | 1.5M | $15M (exactly $14,914,570) | 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) |
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 | older | $14.99 | 4,018 91% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,806,895) | One More Time |
| | Card Survival: Fantasy Forest | · EA | $21.99 | 1,135 76% | 34k | $749k (exactly $748,760) | WinterSpring Games |
 | Inn Tycoon | $11.99 | 727 76% | 22k | $262k (exactly $261,502) | Evil Goose Games | |
 | DYSPLACED | · EA | $24.99 | 296 87% | 8.9k | $222k (exactly $221,911) | 10tons Ltd |
 | Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록) | · EA older | $23.99 | 267 72% | 8.0k | $192k (exactly $192,160) | Happy Daram Inc. |
 | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
 | Tavern Legends | $24.99 | 160 91% | 4.8k | $120k (exactly $119,952) | CROWFORGE Games | |
 | Alchemist Shop Simulator | $11.99 | 111 75% | 3.3k | $40k (exactly $39,927) | Kool2Play | |
 | Potion Shop Simulator | $12.99 | 57 77% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $22,213) | Pebbles Games, Bird Pals SIA | |
 | Medieval StartUp | · EA | $10.99 | 55 98% | 1.7k | $18k (exactly $18,134) | Editions Aspic Games |
 | Medieval Juice Crafter | $11.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $13,669) | Timeless Rush |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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