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Should I ship a Farming Mining game?
Mining + Farming
Only 18 developers shipped a Farming Mining 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, Fields of Mistria, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $22k, ×47 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $2.3k. Revenue is up 120% on the market; 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.4 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
|---|---|
| Median | $22k (exactly $22,292) |
| Top 25% | $92k (exactly $92,308) |
| Top 5% | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 120% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Mining; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Simulation, Crafting
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 33,387 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Mining with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + TradingFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + NatureFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
Fields of Mistria 2026 · $13M 
Everafter Falls 2024 · $262k 
Rise of Industry 2 2025 · $162k 
Creator Chronicles 2026 · $153k 
GeoDepths 2023 · $150k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fields of Mistria | $13.99 | 31,918 96% | 958k | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) | NPC Studio | |
| | Everafter Falls | older | $19.99 | 437 86% | 13k | $262k (exactly $262,069) | SquareHusky |
| | Rise of Industry 2 | $34.99 | 154 55% | 4.6k | $162k (exactly $161,654) | SomaSim | |
| | Creator Chronicles | $11.99 | 424 64% | 13k | $153k (exactly $152,513) | Origin Studio | |
| | GeoDepths | older | $16.99 | 294 87% | 8.8k | $150k (exactly $149,852) | A Little More Games |
 | Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator | $17.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | One Slice of Pizza Games | |
 | Rocky Idle | $9.99 | 308 83% | 9.2k | $92k (exactly $92,308) | Rocky Games Studio | |
 | Elsewhere | · EA | $15.99 | 80 96% | 2.4k | $38k (exactly $38,376) | Four White Cats |
 | Firefly Village | $8.99 | 112 86% | 3.4k | $30k (exactly $30,206) | Josh Koenig Games | |
 | Cropia | $14.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Cropstone Studio | |
 | Robert on Earth | $7.99 | 93 83% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,292) | Remrofsnart | |
 | Pet Lands | $14.99 | 47 46% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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