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Should I ship a Dog Sports game?
Sports + Dogs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dog Sports 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, Pup Champs, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 5% | $39k (exactly $39,360) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 30% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Sports
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 95% positive over 176 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Hunting Simulator 2 2020 · $1.1M 
Dog Sled Saga 2016 · $158k 
My Riding Stables: Life with Horses 2014 · $110k 
My Exercise 2020 · $50k 
Pup Champs 2025 · $39k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hunting Simulator 2 | older | $39.99 | 904 70% | 27k | $1.1M (exactly $1,084,529) | Nacon Studio Ghent |
| | Dog Sled Saga | older | $7.99 | 659 94% | 20k | $158k (exactly $157,962) | Trichotomy |
| | My Riding Stables: Life with Horses | older | $14.99 | 244 88% | 7.3k | $110k (exactly $109,727) | Sproing |
| | My Exercise | older | $3.99 | 415 93% | 12k | $50k (exactly $49,676) | Atsushi Wada, mikyokyuji, New Deer, Pla… (Atsushi Wada, mikyokyuji, New Deer, Playables) |
| | Pup Champs | $12.99 | 101 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Afterburn | |
 | Fisti-Fluffs | older | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Playfellow Studio |
 | PAW Patrol™ Rescue Wheels™: Championship | $39.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $12k (exactly $11,997) | 3DClouds | |
 | Rocket Rumble | older | $24.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $11k (exactly $11,246) | PixelNAUTS Games |
 | Super Space Pug | older | $1.99 | 185 55% | 5.6k | $11k (exactly $11,044) | Digital Dawn Studios |
 | Greyhound Manager 2 Rebooted | older | $14.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
 | Nickelodeon Splat Pack | $14.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Mighty Rabbit Studios | |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | The TEAM game:Corgi&me | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Surgical | |
 | Corgi Race | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Kumkwat Entertainment | |
 | Baspetball | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Gray Boss | |
 | Agility Game | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Bookdragon development | |
 | The Falconer | · EA | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | ACR Media |
 | Fluffy Party | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Murat Ozkan Boy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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