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Should I ship a Dinosaur Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Dinosaurs

Only 12 developers shipped a Dinosaur Resource Management 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, Jurassic World Evolution 3, 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $20M, ×32632 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 22 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Dinosaurs
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $6.6k → $807 → $9.3k → $1.7k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Dinosaurs: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $2.5k (exactly $2,545)
Top 25% $14k (exactly $14,390)
Top 5% $20M (exactly $20,493,184)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 42
Announced 22
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 20% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Dinosaurs
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Resource Management
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 11,658 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $2.5k, 1 in 4 over $14k, 1 in 20 over $20M.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 22 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

All 214 pairs on the Resource Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021 · $71M Jurassic World Evolution 2018 · $65M Jurassic World Evolution 3 2025 · $20M Prehistoric Kingdom 2022 · EA · $5.1M Let's Build a Zoo 2021 · $2.2M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Jurassic World Evolution 2 older $59.99 39,644 90% 1.2M $71M (exactly $71,347,307) Frontier Developments
Jurassic World Evolution older $44.99 48,311 87% 1.4M $65M (exactly $65,205,357) Frontier Developments
Jurassic World Evolution 3 $59.99 11,387 93% 342k $20M (exactly $20,493,184) Frontier Developments
Prehistoric Kingdom · EA older $29.99 5,640 90% 169k $5.1M (exactly $5,074,308) Blue Meridian
Let's Build a Zoo older $19.99 3,722 89% 112k $2.2M (exactly $2,232,083) Springloaded
Parkasaurus older $24.99 2,731 92% 82k $2.0M (exactly $2,047,431) Washbear Studio
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter older $19.99 820 77% 25k $492k (exactly $491,754) ▲ Pyramid Games
Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival older $19.99 807 69% 24k $484k (exactly $483,958) Tbjbu2
The Hive older $19.99 299 71% 9.0k $179k (exactly $179,310) Skydome Entertainment
WAR PARTY older $9.99 376 66% 11k $113k (exactly $112,687) Rogueside
Repterra $19.99 122 90% 3.7k $73k (exactly $73,163) Chute Apps
Creatures Of War $14.99 32 75% 960 $14k (exactly $14,390) Chaos Entertainment
CorgiSpace $4.99 62 96% 1.9k $9.3k (exactly $9,281) Adam Saltsman
Reptilarium $7.99 11 72% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) PiqFocus Interactive
Dinosaurium $7.99 11 72% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) PiqFocus Interactive
Jurassic Tower Defense $4.99 17 76% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Iker Rodrigo
Pocket Dinos · EA $7.99 7 100% 210 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) Diesel Laws
Jurassic Gym $5.99 5 100% 150 $898 (exactly $898) Mega Dwarf
Dino Quest $4.99 4 75% 120 $599 (exactly $599) TPG Tecnologia

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.