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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Farming Time Management game?

Time Management + Farming

Only 17 developers shipped a Farming Time Management 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, Farming Simulator 25, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $35M, ×75160 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 20 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 95% on the market, 20 announced, ×1.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Time Management + Farming
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.4k → $4.7k (still earning) → $35k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Time Management + Farming: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $2.4k (exactly $2,398)
Top 25% $89k (exactly $89,311)
Top 5% $36M (exactly $35,700,996)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 31
Announced 20
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 down 95% on the market, supply 365% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Farming
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Time Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Economy, Immersive Sim
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 65,088 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $2.4k, 1 in 4 over $89k, 1 in 20 over $35M.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 20 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dungeon CrawlerFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + ProgrammingFair15 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  3. + Inventory ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  4. + AgricultureFair57 devs · median $2.3k · 73 announced
  5. + Time TravelFair17 devs · median $2.2k · 19 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair27 devs · median $2.1k · 29 announced
  7. + LootFair34 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  8. + Turn-Based TacticsFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  9. + AutomationFair162 devs · median $1.2k · 191 announced
  10. + Bullet HellFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  11. + ThrillerFair42 devs · median $1.1k · 65 announced
  12. + Artificial IntelligenceFair53 devs · median $1.0k · 65 announced

All 179 pairs on the Time Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Farming Simulator 25 2024 · $36M Farthest Frontier 2025 · $26M Farmer's Life 2023 · $1.4M Farm Manager 2021 2021 · $1.4M Farm Frenzy Collection 2015 · $326k
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
Farthest Frontier $34.99 24,444 86% 733k $26M (exactly $25,658,867) Crate Entertainment
Farmer's Life older $19.99 2,373 89% 71k $1.4M (exactly $1,423,088) FreeMind S.A.
Farm Manager 2021 older $19.99 2,296 79% 69k $1.4M (exactly $1,376,911) Cleversan Games
Farm Frenzy Collection older $19.99 544 95% 16k $326k (exactly $326,237) Alawar Entertainment
Farm for your Life older $9.99 499 81% 15k $150k (exactly $149,550) Hammer Labs
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
Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator $9.99 298 80% 8.9k $89k (exactly $89,311) Bewolba Studios
Farm Frenzy 4 older $6.99 406 80% 12k $85k (exactly $85,138) Alawar Entertainment
The Headlands · EA $10.99 107 97% 3.2k $35k (exactly $35,278) TessaraOxygen
Sunset Sprout $9.99 25 96% 750 $7.5k (exactly $7,492) Fontty Games
Agraria $12.99 12 83% 360 $4.7k (exactly $4,676) Possibly Huge
VeilWood $9.99 8 87% 240 $2.4k (exactly $2,398) Chaos Cabin
Crop Chronicles $5.99 12 100% 360 $2.2k (exactly $2,156) Guayacan Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.