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Should I ship an Exploration Medical Sim?
Exploration + Medical Sim
Only 14 developers shipped an Exploration Medical 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, Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×9.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $480. 39 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,779) |
| Top 5% | $893k (exactly $893,402) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 3485% on the market, supply 60% fewer 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.
- Exploration
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Exploration, Medical Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Crafting, Life Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 1,362 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Mortuary Assistant 2022 · $5.4M 
Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator 2025 · $893k 
Lost Scavenger 2022 · EA · $99k 
Pestis 2018 · $66k 
Orgasm Lab Simulator 💦🍌 2026 · $54k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Mortuary Assistant | older | $24.99 | 7,269 92% | 218k | $5.4M (exactly $5,449,569) | DarkStone Digital |
| | Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator | $29.99 | 993 50% | 30k | $893k (exactly $893,402) | Aesir Interactive | |
| | Lost Scavenger | · EA older | $14.99 | 220 51% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | Rockbee |
| | Pestis | older | $24.99 | 88 77% | 2.6k | $66k (exactly $65,974) | DIEDEMOR STUDIO GAMES |
| | Orgasm Lab Simulator 💦🍌 | $14.99 | 119 69% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | Insiders | older | $13.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $17k (exactly $16,788) | ANG People s.r.o. |
 | Witch Please: Sex Service | $7.99 | 70 65% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,779) | Aquilon | |
 | Elixir | older | $12.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Moxu Projects |
 | 69 Lisa Love | older | $4.99 | 51 86% | 1.5k | $7.6k (exactly $7,635) | Loolust |
 | FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol | $12.49 | 16 62% | 480 | $6.0k (exactly $5,995) | k148 Game Studio | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Rod of Asclepius | $19.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Worcco Arts | |
 | 易经·占卜 | $6.00 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | 三页先生 | |
 | Queen Naeja's Desires | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | SongGame | |
 | Caduceus Quest | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Resilient Games Studio, LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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