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Should I ship a Farming Sim CRPG?
CRPG + Farming Sim
Only 9 developers shipped a Farming Sim CRPG 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, Halcyon Days at Taoyuan, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $1.5k. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $44,461) |
| Top 5% | $392k (exactly $391,713) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 2265% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 7,794 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
Immortal Life 2024 · $2.0M 
Sword and Fairy Inn 2 2022 · $1.2M 
Halcyon Days at Taoyuan 2026 · $392k 
Border Town 2025 · $114k 
Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate 2025 · EA · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Immortal Life | older | $16.99 | 3,853 79% | 116k | $2.0M (exactly $1,963,874) | YiFang Studio |
| | Sword and Fairy Inn 2 | older | $19.99 | 2,013 49% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,207,196) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Halcyon Days at Taoyuan | $11.99 | 1,089 89% | 33k | $392k (exactly $391,713) | BotanX | |
| | Border Town | $14.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $113,774) | GoHoGames | |
| | Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate | · EA | $4.99 | 297 68% | 8.9k | $44k (exactly $44,461) | oyogame |
 | The Legend of Pomodoro | $6.99 | 94 82% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,712) | Tony Wang | |
 | A Little Shop in Squirrel Town | · EA older | $12.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $17k (exactly $17,147) | Superluminal Cat |
 | Drug Business | older | $9.99 | 42 42% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Black Flamingo |
 | 白马非马 a white horse is not a horse | · EA older | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 卧熊工作室 |
 | 新叶旅者与少年的回忆 | older | $3.99 | 71 83% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | project bamboo |
 | 帝缚山海 | · EA | $4.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | 赤月抉择 |
 | Landmaster | · EA | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Creative Quark |
 | The Farming Frontier | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Cuneyt Aliustaoglu | |
 | 生计与沉冤 | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | XGame游戏工作室 | |
 | Bramblewood | $15.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gilded Octopus |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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