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Should I ship a Cooking Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Cooking
Of 26 developers who shipped a Cooking Walking Simulator 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.. 42 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.6k, ×18 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $300k, ×642 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 42 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.6k (exactly $8,629) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,360) |
| Top 5% | $305k (exactly $304,876) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Cooking
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator, Cooking; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 5,939 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 4 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Maid Cafe on Electric Street 2024 · $339k 
Kiosk 2025 · $305k 
GIRLS MADE PUDDING 2025 · $260k 
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator 2025 · $172k 
Project: Mist 2026 · EA · $139k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Maid Cafe on Electric Street | $18.99 | 595 82% | 18k | $339k (exactly $338,972) | Adventurer's Tavern | |
| | Kiosk | $3.99 | 2,547 88% | 76k | $305k (exactly $304,876) | Vivi | |
| | GIRLS MADE PUDDING | $9.99 | 866 95% | 26k | $260k (exactly $259,540) | Kazuhide Oka | |
| | Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator | $13.99 | 411 85% | 12k | $172k (exactly $172,497) | Purple Heads Games | |
| | Project: Mist | · EA | $17.99 | 257 72% | 7.7k | $139k (exactly $138,703) | Chicken Launcher |
 | [Bober Bros] The Hole | $2.99 | 779 85% | 23k | $70k (exactly $69,876) | BOBER BROS | |
 | True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe | $7.99 | 135 80% | 4.1k | $32k (exactly $32,360) | Frost Fox Studios | |
 | I Sell Lemonade | $13.99 | 56 67% | 1.7k | $24k (exactly $23,503) | EBS, Picklebyte | |
 | Serve Or Die | $4.99 | 85 88% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Dead Tape Studio | |
 | The Hust Banhmi | Bánh Mì Bách Khoa | $1.99 | 208 93% | 6.2k | $12k (exactly $12,418) | marisa0704 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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