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Should I ship a Farming Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Farming
Only 8 developers shipped a Farming Puzzle 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, The Farmer Was Replaced, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $5.3k against a market of $480. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) |
| Top 25% | $240k (exactly $239,920) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,065) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 2010% on the market, supply 40% fewer 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
- Puzzle
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 11,420 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Medical SimFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CatsFair
- + DemonsFair
- + God GameFair
- + RomanceFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + LemmingsFair
Comparable games
The Farmer Was Replaced 2025 · $2.7M 
Urban Jungle 2025 · $240k 
Crop Rotation 2023 · $152k 
Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch 2017 · $65k 
Princess Farmer 2022 · $56k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Farmer Was Replaced | $9.99 | 9,116 95% | 273k | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,065) | Timon Herzog | |
| | Urban Jungle | $11.99 | 667 90% | 20k | $240k (exactly $239,920) | KYLYK | |
| | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
| | Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch | older | $9.99 | 217 88% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,035) | HeR Interactive |
| | Princess Farmer | older | $14.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Samobee Games |
 | Fujii - A Magical Gardening Adventure | older | $9.99 | 99 91% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,670) | Funktronic Labs |
 | Island Farmer - Jigsaw Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 463 94% | 14k | $28k (exactly $27,641) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | Skystead Ranch | $24.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | ToastieLabs | |
 | Square Farm | older | $9.99 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,089) | Turnip Based Games |
 | Instant Farmer - Logic Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 160 91% | 4.8k | $9.6k (exactly $9,552) | Mens Sana Interactive |
 | BLUMA | $7.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | Potaco Studio | |
 | Land Develop | $0.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $624 (exactly $624) | SUJIKO Media Group | |
 | Plant the Towers | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | SteelArg Games | |
 | Foxes' Festival | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | GIG (Graven Industries Games) | |
 | WordHerd | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Nellyvision Limited |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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