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Should I ship a Job Simulator Economy game?
Economy + Job Simulator
Of 116 developers who shipped a Job Simulator Economy game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 125 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $22k, ×35 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $5.5k. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 125 games are announced against 77 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
|---|---|
| Median | $22k (exactly $22,035) |
| Top 25% | $118k (exactly $118,469) |
| Top 5% | $826k (exactly $825,970) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 116 |
| Released games | 153 |
| Announced | 125 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Economy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Economy, Job Simulator; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Life Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 72,992 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.5k. 4 in 10 of the 49 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 125 games are announced against 77 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Economy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
TCG Card Shop Simulator 2026 · $28M 
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs 2026 · $5.5M 
Storage Hunter Simulator 2025 · $2.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | TCG Card Shop Simulator | $19.99 | 47,357 96% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $28,399,993) | OPNeon Games | |
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs | $19.99 | 9,209 95% | 276k | $5.5M (exactly $5,522,637) | Mandragora | |
| | Storage Hunter Simulator | $24.99 | 3,866 78% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) | Raccoons Studio | |
 | Go-Go Town! | $27.99 | 2,476 93% | 74k | $2.1M (exactly $2,079,097) | Prideful Sloth | |
 | Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 | older | $14.99 | 4,018 91% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,806,895) | One More Time |
 | Dealer's Life 2 | older | $14.99 | 3,994 85% | 120k | $1.8M (exactly $1,796,102) | Abyte Entertainment |
 | Docked | $29.99 | 1,210 72% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,088,637) | Saber Interactive | |
 | Train Life: A Railway Simulator | older | $19.99 | 1,451 63% | 44k | $870k (exactly $870,165) | Simteract |
 | Megastore Simulator | · EA | $13.99 | 1,968 93% | 59k | $826k (exactly $825,970) | Yolo Games Studio |
 | Laundry Store Simulator | $11.99 | 1,804 89% | 54k | $649k (exactly $648,899) | Akhir Pekan Studio | |
 | Supercar Collection Simulator | $12.99 | 1,528 85% | 46k | $595k (exactly $595,462) | Kiki Games | |
 | Chop Chop Inc. | $12.99 | 1,258 90% | 38k | $490k (exactly $490,243) | NullRef Entertainment | |
 | Lost But Found | $6.99 | 2,316 71% | 69k | $486k (exactly $485,665) | Rogue Duck Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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