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Should I ship a Horse Economy game?
Economy + Horses
Only 7 developers shipped a Horse Economy 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, Saloon Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $70k against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $70k (exactly $69,704) |
| Top 25% | $156k (exactly $155,938) |
| Top 5% | $490k (exactly $489,942) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 10290% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Economy
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 113,677 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Economy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + ScienceFair
- + MiningFair
- + LootFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + God GameFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
Comparable games
Farming Simulator 22 2021 · $42M 
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Depraved 2019 · $677k 
Saloon Simulator 2025 · EA · $490k 
Horse Racing Manager 2025 · EA · $156k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming Simulator 22 | older | $19.99 | 69,477 93% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $41,665,357) | GIANTS Software |
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Depraved | older | $19.99 | 1,129 60% | 34k | $677k (exactly $677,061) | Evil Bite |
| | Saloon Simulator | · EA | $18.99 | 860 89% | 26k | $490k (exactly $489,942) | Glivi Games S.A. |
| | Horse Racing Manager | · EA | $24.99 | 208 88% | 6.2k | $156k (exactly $155,938) | Sheep Meadow Road Games |
 | Wildlife Park 2 | older | $6.99 | 507 71% | 15k | $106k (exactly $106,318) | b-alive gmbh |
 | Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator | $17.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | One Slice of Pizza Games | |
 | Ancient Farm | $14.99 | 155 55% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | A2 Softworks | |
 | Pocket Stables | older | $8.99 | 190 91% | 5.7k | $51k (exactly $51,243) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Wildlife Park | older | $9.99 | 96 65% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | b-alive gmbh |
 | King's Legacy: A Crown Divided Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Cateia Games | |
 | Harve | $2.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Lunar Studios | |
 | Giant Horse Feeding | $1.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) | Jestercraft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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