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Should I ship a Dinosaur Physics game?
Physics + Dinosaurs
Only 8 developers shipped a Dinosaur Physics 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, Deathground, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $76k, ×121 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×628 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $76k (exactly $75,745) |
| Top 25% | $95k (exactly $95,087) |
| Top 5% | $394k (exactly $394,387) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Physics
- Price point
- $12.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 10,364 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Physics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderStrong odds
- + Dating SimFair
- + PinballFair
- + World War IIFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + GolfFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + CatsFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + BilliardsFair
Comparable games
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator 2022 · $3.0M 
Deathground 2025 · EA · $394k 
Beast Battle Simulator 2018 · $370k 
Terror of Hemasaurus 2022 · $344k 
Excidio The Kaiju Simulator 2026 · $95k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Animal Revolt Battle Simulator | older | $14.99 | 6,571 95% | 197k | $3.0M (exactly $2,954,979) | VDimension |
| | Deathground | · EA | $14.99 | 877 61% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Jaw Drop Games |
| | Beast Battle Simulator | older | $9.99 | 1,234 88% | 37k | $370k (exactly $369,830) | DOG HOGGLER |
| | Terror of Hemasaurus | older | $14.99 | 766 91% | 23k | $344k (exactly $344,470) | Loren Lemcke |
| | Excidio The Kaiju Simulator | $12.99 | 244 92% | 7.3k | $95k (exactly $95,087) | TokuPop | |
 | Toy Tactics | $24.99 | 121 91% | 3.6k | $91k (exactly $90,714) | Kraken Empire | |
 | King of Bones | $7.99 | 316 85% | 9.5k | $76k (exactly $75,745) | Gluten Free Games | |
 | Mutant Alley | older | $9.99 | 80 73% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,976) | TailsUp4Tyranno |
 | There Was A Caveman | older | $6.99 | 108 72% | 3.2k | $23k (exactly $22,648) | Nauris Amatnieks |
 | Fossil Hunters | older | $14.99 | 47 74% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Reptoid Games |
 | Fire Boy | $6.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Caraca Games | |
 | Extinct Forest | · EA | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Systemfehler Entertainment TS |
 | Dino Jump Deluxe | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Pixeljam | |
 | Wrecking Wave | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | BrunuuDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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