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Should I ship a Crafting Flight game?
Flight + Crafting
Only 14 developers shipped a Crafting Flight 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, SpaceBourne 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 57 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $19k, ×30 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $6.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.9M, ×4728 the market median. Revenue is up 9270% on the market; 57 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) |
|---|---|
| Median | $19k (exactly $18,742) |
| Top 25% | $303k (exactly $303,448) |
| Top 5% | $3.0M (exactly $2,969,115) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 9270% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, Crafting; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Open World, Adventure, Building
- Price point
- $19.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $19.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 17,538 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.0k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + CatsFair
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Trailmakers 2019 · $25M 
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018 · $8.2M 
SpaceBourne 2 2025 · $3.0M 
Aviassembly 2025 · EA · $2.8M 
Lost Skies 2025 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trailmakers | older | $24.99 | 33,465 92% | 1.0M | $25M (exactly $25,088,710) | Flashbulb |
| | Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing | older | $19.99 | 13,633 95% | 409k | $8.2M (exactly $8,175,710) | LuGus Studios |
| | SpaceBourne 2 | $19.99 | 4,951 75% | 149k | $3.0M (exactly $2,969,115) | Burak Dabak | |
| | Aviassembly | · EA | $9.99 | 9,323 96% | 280k | $2.8M (exactly $2,794,103) | Jelle Booij |
| | Lost Skies | $24.99 | 2,470 63% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,759) | Bossa Studios | |
 | No Time | · EA older | $12.99 | 2,117 97% | 64k | $825k (exactly $824,995) | Lost in Days Studio |
 | Spirit Realm | · EA older | $18.18 | 1,379 76% | 41k | $752k (exactly $752,107) | 深圳市灵境互娱科技有限公司 |
 | The Brew Barons | older | $21.99 | 828 75% | 25k | $546k (exactly $546,232) | Lifetap Studios |
 | Aquanox Deep Descent | older | $29.99 | 463 48% | 14k | $417k (exactly $416,561) | Digital Arrow |
 | Echoes of Elysium | · EA | $19.99 | 506 61% | 15k | $303k (exactly $303,448) | Loric Games, Inc. |
 | Lou's Lagoon | $24.99 | 126 75% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $94,462) | Tiny Roar | |
 | HELL GALAXY | $24.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $67k (exactly $66,723) | Italian Games Factory | |
 | Keplerian Space Discovery | · EA | $24.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $19k (exactly $18,742) | Kugelblitz |
 | XFlight: FPV Drone Simulator | $24.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $18k (exactly $17,993) | Lingsrealm Technology | |
 | Tutien Path | $14.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Truong Thanh Triet | |
 | Wings of Aviora | · EA | $24.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Stormy XP |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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