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Should I ship a Dinosaur Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Dinosaurs
Only 10 developers shipped a Dinosaur Immersive Sim 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, DDinosaur with Double D's, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×1.2 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×108 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) |
| Top 5% | $162k (exactly $161,679) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 96% positive over 852 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter 2022 · $492k 
Prehistoric Hunt 2020 · EA · $366k 
DDinosaur with Double D's 2025 · $162k 
Isles of Yore 2022 · EA · $76k 
Mutant Alley 2022 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dinosaur Fossil Hunter | older | $19.99 | 820 77% | 25k | $492k (exactly $491,754) | ▲ Pyramid Games |
| | Prehistoric Hunt | · EA older | $17.99 | 678 84% | 20k | $366k (exactly $365,917) | Antiproto Studios |
| | DDinosaur with Double D's | $6.99 | 771 97% | 23k | $162k (exactly $161,679) | Kud | |
| | Isles of Yore | · EA older | $19.99 | 127 69% | 3.8k | $76k (exactly $76,162) | MaverickMatryoshka |
| | Mutant Alley | older | $9.99 | 80 73% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,976) | TailsUp4Tyranno |
 | Go For Launch: Mercury | older | $9.99 | 59 81% | 1.8k | $18k (exactly $17,682) | Joe Chisholm |
 | Survive or Thrive | older | $1.99 | 233 98% | 7.0k | $14k (exactly $13,910) | Randumb Studios |
 | Tidy Up History | $5.99 | 50 90% | 1.5k | $9.0k (exactly $8,985) | Casual Human | |
 | Dinosaur Simulator | older | $8.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $4.9k (exactly $4,855) | Imperian Online - As |
 | Primal Roar - Jurassic Dinosaur Era | older | $24.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | Vipera Games sp. z o.o. |
 | Curation | $5.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Circle Back Games | |
 | Extinct Forest | · EA | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Systemfehler Entertainment TS |
 | Dino VR Experience | · EA | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Virtual Factory srl |
 | Breathbound | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | 十年 | |
 | Dinosaur Zoo VR : Dinosaur Hunting | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dani360_studios | |
 | Travel with dinosaurs | $59.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BruceZhang | |
 | Dinosaur Hunting Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Prehistoric Adventure | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | B Rees |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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