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Should I ship a Farming Management game?
Management + Farming
Of 65 developers who shipped a Farming Management 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.. 62 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.7k, ×7.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×2676 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 62 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 25% | $89k (exactly $89,311) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,680,827) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 65 |
| Released games | 108 |
| Announced | 62 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 35% 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.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Farming
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Economy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $27.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $27.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 76,776 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 6 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 62 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Farming Simulator 25 2024 · $36M 
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Farthest Frontier 2025 · $26M 
Rusty's Retirement 2024 · $2.9M 
Rise of Industry 2019 · $2.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming Simulator 25 | $29.99 | 39,681 87% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,700,996) | GIANTS Software | |
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Farthest Frontier | $34.99 | 24,444 86% | 733k | $26M (exactly $25,658,867) | Crate Entertainment | |
| | Rusty's Retirement | older | $6.99 | 13,902 96% | 417k | $2.9M (exactly $2,915,249) | Mister Morris Games |
| | Rise of Industry | older | $29.99 | 3,122 74% | 94k | $2.8M (exactly $2,808,863) | Dapper Penguin Studios |
 | Kynseed | older | $24.99 | 3,513 83% | 105k | $2.6M (exactly $2,633,696) | PixelCount Studios |
 | Go-Go Town! | $27.99 | 2,476 93% | 74k | $2.1M (exactly $2,079,097) | Prideful Sloth | |
 | Farming Simulator 2013: Titanium Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,926 91% | 118k | $1.8M (exactly $1,765,522) | GIANTS Software |
 | Mirthwood | $24.99 | 2,242 69% | 67k | $1.7M (exactly $1,680,827) | Bad Ridge Games | |
 | Farm Manager 2018 | older | $19.99 | 2,524 70% | 76k | $1.5M (exactly $1,513,643) | Cleversan Games |
 | Old Market Simulator | $9.99 | 4,333 87% | 130k | $1.3M (exactly $1,298,600) | Alcedo Games | |
 | Zombie Graveyard Simulator | $14.99 | 805 89% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | threeW | |
 | Farming & Supermarket Simulator | $11.99 | 835 79% | 25k | $300k (exactly $300,350) | EY08 Games | |
 | Mini Settlers | $12.99 | 592 85% | 18k | $231k (exactly $230,702) | Knight Owl Games | |
 | Tiny Terraces | · EA | $6.99 | 938 92% | 28k | $197k (exactly $196,699) | VuVuu |
 | Cropdeck | $12.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $168k (exactly $167,571) | Piotrek |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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