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Should I ship a Logic Economy game?
Economy + Logic
Of 109 developers who shipped a Logic 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.. 135 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $330k, ×534 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 135 games are announced against 65 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $478 (exactly $478) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) |
| Top 5% | $335k (exactly $335,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 109 |
| Released games | 227 |
| Announced | 135 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 30% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Economy, Logic; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Resource Management
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 17,854 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 54 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 135 games are announced against 65 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Economy with a different second tag, 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
Airport CEO 2021 · $5.8M 
Mind Over Magic 2025 · $3.2M 
The Farmer Was Replaced 2025 · $2.7M 
City Bus Manager 2024 · $2.2M 
Good Company 2022 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Airport CEO | older | $24.99 | 7,752 83% | 233k | $5.8M (exactly $5,811,674) | Apog Labs |
| | Mind Over Magic | $24.99 | 4,314 86% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,234,206) | Sparkypants | |
| | The Farmer Was Replaced | $9.99 | 9,116 95% | 273k | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,065) | Timon Herzog | |
| | City Bus Manager | older | $29.99 | 2,405 90% | 72k | $2.2M (exactly $2,163,778) | PeDePe GbR |
| | Good Company | older | $24.99 | 1,480 73% | 44k | $1.1M (exactly $1,109,556) | Chasing Carrots |
 | Cafe Owner Simulator | older | $18.99 | 862 65% | 26k | $491k (exactly $491,081) | Second Reality |
 | Subway Builder | $39.99 | 394 59% | 12k | $473k (exactly $472,682) | Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher,… (Colin Miller, EJ Fox, Curran Kelleher, Nate Maue, Alex Wohlbruck, Piero Maddaleni, Brooks Flannery) | |
 | Kaizen: A Factory Story | $19.99 | 694 91% | 21k | $416k (exactly $416,192) | Coincidence | |
 | City Tales - Medieval Era | $22.99 | 543 90% | 16k | $375k (exactly $374,507) | Irregular Shapes | |
 | Worldwide Rush | $19.99 | 559 77% | 17k | $335k (exactly $335,232) | Memel Games | |
 | Ultimate Theater Simulator | $12.99 | 634 88% | 19k | $247k (exactly $247,070) | RAKTWO Games, steelbox Games | |
 | Data Center | $8.99 | 916 76% | 27k | $247k (exactly $247,045) | Waseku | |
 | Tower Networking Inc. | · EA | $19.99 | 317 95% | 9.5k | $190k (exactly $190,105) | Pocosia Studios |
 | Bank Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 367 70% | 11k | $165k (exactly $165,040) | Strong Bow Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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