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Should I ship a Dog Time Management game?
Time Management + Dogs
Only 19 developers shipped a Dog Time 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, Above the Snow, 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.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $610, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $280k, ×604 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 18 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $610 (exactly $610) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) |
| Top 5% | $287k (exactly $287,135) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,024 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
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- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Above the Snow 2026 · $287k 
Dog Brew 2024 · $160k 
Typing Farmer 2026 · $61k 
Sunrise's Order 2024 · $35k 
The Black Cat Magician 2022 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Above the Snow | $24.99 | 383 75% | 11k | $287k (exactly $287,135) | Above the Desk | |
| | Dog Brew | older | $3.50 | 1,522 97% | 46k | $160k (exactly $159,810) | Yuliy Oneshko, S-Grade |
| | Typing Farmer | $4.99 | 410 87% | 12k | $61k (exactly $61,377) | MilkwayStudio | |
| | Sunrise's Order | older | $17.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $35k (exactly $34,541) | Misstic Studio |
| | The Black Cat Magician | older | $3.99 | 224 90% | 6.7k | $27k (exactly $26,813) | cryhades |
 | My Universe - Pet Clinic Cats & Dogs | older | $24.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | It Matters Games |
 | Colored Pencil Bakery | $9.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Andymente | |
 | Bathhouse Creatures | $4.99 | 62 98% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | Sleepy Rocket | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Smooth Operators 2 | older | $9.99 | 20 70% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Heydeck Games |
 | The Puppy | $1.99 | 62 72% | 1.9k | $3.7k (exactly $3,701) | Moldy&Abet Games, Paper Dudes Game… (Moldy&Abet Games, Paper Dudes Game Studio) | |
 | Considerable Grandfather | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | The Niknokination Collaboration | |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | Atura | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Onatsu Studio | |
 | The Virtual Buddy | · EA | $1.85 | 11 90% | 330 | $610 (exactly $610) | TwinPaws |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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