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Should I ship a Dinosaur Life Sim?
Life Sim + Dinosaurs
Only 6 developers shipped a Dinosaur Life 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, Amber Isle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.7k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $34k (exactly $33,728) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,969) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Life Sim
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 8,431 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Paleo Pines 2023 · $1.9M 
Amber Isle 2024 · $1.3M 
The Sapling 2019 · EA · $1.0M 
Dungeon Village 2022 · $224k 
Dynopunk 2023 · $205k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Paleo Pines | older | $29.99 | 2,099 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,888,470) | Italic Pig |
| | Amber Isle | $24.99 | 1,770 82% | 53k | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,969) | Ambertail Games | |
| | The Sapling | · EA older | $17.99 | 1,922 89% | 58k | $1.0M (exactly $1,037,303) | Wessel Stoop |
| | Dungeon Village | older | $8.99 | 829 88% | 25k | $224k (exactly $223,581) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Dynopunk | older | $14.99 | 456 93% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | Tomato Fantasy Games |
 | Dungeon Village 2 | older | $8.99 | 662 86% | 20k | $179k (exactly $178,541) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Isles of Yore | · EA older | $19.99 | 127 69% | 3.8k | $76k (exactly $76,162) | MaverickMatryoshka |
 | Dino Nest | older | $4.99 | 258 93% | 7.7k | $39k (exactly $38,623) | Raptor Claw Games |
 | Primeval | $14.99 | 75 60% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | Exhibyte | |
 | Survive or Thrive | older | $1.99 | 233 98% | 7.0k | $14k (exactly $13,910) | Randumb Studios |
 | Pocket Dinos | · EA | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Diesel Laws |
 | Spiritmorph | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vorrento Studios | |
 | Travel with dinosaurs | $59.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BruceZhang | |
 | Fossil Bound | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fossil Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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