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Should I ship a Horror Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Horror
Of 22 developers who shipped a Horror Farming Sim 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.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $10k, ×21 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $820k, ×1743 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 32 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
|---|---|
| Median | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Top 25% | $111k (exactly $110,512) |
| Top 5% | $828k (exactly $827,834) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Horror
- 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
- Farming Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Crafting
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 14,214 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 3 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Farming Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TacticalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Visual NovelLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
Comparable games
Berry Bury Berry 2026 · $2.1M 
Ravenous Devils 2022 · $1.4M 
Village in the Shade 2026 · $828k 
Welcome to Elderfield 2026 · $720k 
Adios 2021 · $565k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Berry Bury Berry | $7.99 | 8,619 98% | 259k | $2.1M (exactly $2,065,974) | Get(Color) Games | |
| | Ravenous Devils | older | $4.99 | 9,477 92% | 284k | $1.4M (exactly $1,418,707) | Bad Vices Games |
| | Village in the Shade | $49.99 | 552 91% | 17k | $828k (exactly $827,834) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | |
| | Welcome to Elderfield | $17.99 | 1,334 87% | 40k | $720k (exactly $719,960) | Chris Cote | |
| | Adios | older | $17.99 | 1,047 94% | 31k | $565k (exactly $565,066) | Mischief |
 | Grunn | $12.99 | 1,345 95% | 40k | $524k (exactly $524,146) | Sokpop Collective, Tom van den Boogaart | |
 | Goblin Nest | $6.99 | 1,177 93% | 35k | $247k (exactly $246,817) | BadColor | |
 | Harvest Island | older | $24.99 | 228 82% | 6.8k | $171k (exactly $170,932) | Yobob |
 | Dread Fields | $6.99 | 527 98% | 16k | $111k (exactly $110,512) | Podoba Interactive | |
 | Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl | $29.99 | 120 61% | 3.6k | $108k (exactly $107,964) | 渡里laboratory | |
 | One Man´s Trash | $6.85 | 308 84% | 9.2k | $63k (exactly $63,294) | Jony Pazu Games | |
 | Besmirch | · EA | $9.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Gangru Games |
 | Cryptid Farm | $4.99 | 153 96% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | GameByFlamey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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