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Should I ship a Dog Crafting game?
Crafting + Dogs
Only 16 developers shipped a Dog Crafting 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, Gaucho and the Grassland, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×392 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,267) |
| Top 5% | $246k (exactly $245,877) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 45% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,120 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Crafting with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 2020 · $4.5M 
No Place Like Home 2022 · $2.3M 
The Flame in the Flood 2016 · $1.2M 
Big Farm Story 2021 · $703k 
Arctico 2022 · $661k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | older | $29.99 | 5,004 92% | 150k | $4.5M (exactly $4,502,099) | Edelweiss |
| | No Place Like Home | older | $19.99 | 3,784 78% | 114k | $2.3M (exactly $2,269,265) | Chicken Launcher |
| | The Flame in the Flood | older | $14.99 | 2,709 76% | 81k | $1.2M (exactly $1,218,237) | The Molasses Flood |
| | Big Farm Story | older | $19.99 | 1,172 78% | 35k | $703k (exactly $702,848) | Goodgame Studios |
| | Arctico | older | $9.99 | 2,207 70% | 66k | $661k (exactly $661,438) | Claudio Norori, Antonio Vargas |
 | Everdream Valley | older | $24.99 | 708 70% | 21k | $531k (exactly $530,788) | Mooneaters |
 | Everdell | older | $19.99 | 577 90% | 17k | $346k (exactly $346,027) | Dire Wolf |
 | Gaucho and the Grassland | $19.99 | 410 96% | 12k | $246k (exactly $245,877) | Epopeia Games | |
 | 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. |
 | Everdream Village | · EA | $19.99 | 107 69% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Mooneaters |
 | Ice World | $9.99 | 111 57% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | CoolRabbit Games | |
 | 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 | |
 | Woolly Boy and the Circus | $7.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,067) | big pineapple | |
 | The Creator | $6.99 | 43 81% | 1.3k | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) | Mark Miller | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Donna: The Canine Quest | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | RAZE GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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