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Should I ship a Dragon Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Dragons
Only 8 developers shipped a Dragon Immersive 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, Anthro Heat, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.3k, ×2.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $560k, ×378 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) |
| Top 25% | $372k (exactly $371,926) |
| Top 5% | $566k (exactly $565,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 7,782 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Day of Dragons 2019 · EA · $3.8M 
Anthro Heat 2025 · $566k 
BRIGANDINE ABYSS 2026 · $372k 
Dragons Legacy 2024 · $37k 
Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator 2022 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Day of Dragons | · EA older | $19.99 | 6,278 68% | 188k | $3.8M (exactly $3,764,917) | Beawesome Games |
| | Anthro Heat | $29.99 | 629 92% | 19k | $566k (exactly $565,911) | Blue Lizard Studios | |
| | BRIGANDINE ABYSS | $49.99 | 248 35% | 7.4k | $372k (exactly $371,926) | Adglobe | |
| | Dragons Legacy | older | $4.99 | 249 81% | 7.5k | $37k (exactly $37,275) | Beawesome Games |
| | Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator | older | $1.99 | 252 96% | 7.6k | $15k (exactly $15,044) | Randumb Studios |
 | Animal Simulator | $8.99 | 39 30% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $10,518) | Imperian Online - Core | |
 | 桃夭塔 TaoYaoTa | older | $4.99 | 40 62% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | 吃了就睡工作室, 桃之夭夭 |
 | HOPE VR: Progressive Meditation | · EA older | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Khosouf Studio |
 | DON'T MOVE | $7.99 | 18 55% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | SPECTACULAR-OCULAR | |
 | Pinball Lockdown | · EA older | $5.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Onteca Ltd |
 | スローライフサバイバー／SlowLife Survivor | $6.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MIZUBLUE GAMES | |
 | MILK ME DARLING: THE ANALIZED BREAST FRIEND | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | TITANIUM ARMOR | |
 | The Abyss Book | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | QZQ Studio | |
 | Furry Slot | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Morello |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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