Games › Economy › Economy + Medical Sim
Should I ship a Medical Sim Economy game?
Economy + Medical Sim
Only 14 developers shipped a Medical Sim 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, Potion Tycoon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.9k, ×9.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×601 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,162) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $377,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
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
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Economy, Medical Sim
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,810 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
Let's School 2023 · $3.5M 
Big Pharma 2015 · $1.1M 
Weedcraft Inc 2019 · $929k 
War Hospital 2024 · $905k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | Let's School | older | $19.99 | 5,887 92% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,434) | Pathea Games |
| | Big Pharma | older | $24.99 | 1,443 78% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,817) | Twice Circled |
| | Weedcraft Inc | older | $19.99 | 1,549 79% | 46k | $929k (exactly $928,935) | Vile Monarch |
| | War Hospital | older | $29.99 | 1,006 60% | 30k | $905k (exactly $905,098) | Brave Lamb Studio S.A. |
 | Galacticare | older | $29.99 | 600 85% | 18k | $540k (exactly $539,820) | Brightrock Games |
 | Potion Tycoon | $19.99 | 629 71% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Snowhound Games | |
 | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
 | Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator | · EA older | $11.99 | 260 73% | 7.8k | $94k (exactly $93,522) | Jarrod Brown |
 | Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management | older | $19.99 | 144 62% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $86,357) | Abylight Studios |
 | Fable Hospital | $24.99 | 82 75% | 2.5k | $61k (exactly $61,475) | AMGames TC | |
 | Doctor Life Simulator | $4.99 | 128 62% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games… (Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC) | |
 | Pharmacy Store Simulator | $8.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,182) | Art Games Studio S.A. | |
 | Dead 4 Now: Bio-Weapon Simulator | $14.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | d'Evo | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Pharma R&D Manager | $49.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $4.5k (exactly $4,499) | Innopede GmbH | |
 | Real Pharmacy Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Mannered Monster |
 | 英雄荣光医院 | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Areas R |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.