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Should I ship a Crafting Job Simulator?
Crafting + Job Simulator
Of 62 developers who shipped a Crafting Job 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.. 65 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $15k, ×23 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $4.6k. Revenue is up 490% on the market; 65 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.4 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $14,521) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $56,833) |
| Top 5% | $889k (exactly $889,355) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 78 |
| Announced | 65 |
| 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 490% on the market, supply 170% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Job Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 24,834 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.7k. 6 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs 2026 · $5.5M 
Loddlenaut 2023 · $2.3M 
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M 
Cheap Car Repair 2026 · $2.1M 
Alchemy Factory 2026 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs | $19.99 | 9,209 95% | 276k | $5.5M (exactly $5,522,637) | Mandragora | |
| | Loddlenaut | older | $19.99 | 3,832 98% | 115k | $2.3M (exactly $2,298,050) | Moon Lagoon |
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
| | Cheap Car Repair | $19.69 | 3,603 91% | 108k | $2.1M (exactly $2,128,292) | Little Dog Games | |
| | Alchemy Factory | $17.99 | 2,529 87% | 76k | $1.4M (exactly $1,364,901) | D5 Copperhead | |
 | Bladesong | · EA | $19.99 | 1,483 95% | 44k | $889k (exactly $889,355) | SUN AND SERPENT creations |
 | Megastore Simulator | · EA | $13.99 | 1,968 93% | 59k | $826k (exactly $825,970) | Yolo Games Studio |
 | KuloNiku: Bowl Up! | $11.99 | 2,295 96% | 69k | $826k (exactly $825,512) | Gambir Studio | |
 | Chop Chop Inc. | $12.99 | 1,258 90% | 38k | $490k (exactly $490,243) | NullRef Entertainment | |
 | Witchy Business | $14.99 | 865 86% | 26k | $389k (exactly $388,990) | Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Fuel Harvest Together | $13.99 | 879 69% | 26k | $369k (exactly $368,916) | Say2Sun | |
 | Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith | $11.99 | 745 76% | 22k | $268k (exactly $267,976) | Compact Core Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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