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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Multiple Endings
Of 29 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings 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.. 46 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×506 the market median. Revenue is up 235% on the market; 46 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,032) |
| Top 5% | $240k (exactly $240,359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 235% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Farming Sim, Multiple Endings; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Exploration, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 3,535 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Farming Sim with a different second tag, 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
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witchy Life Story | older | $19.99 | 965 80% | 29k | $579k (exactly $578,710) | Sundew Studios |
| | Grunn | $12.99 | 1,345 95% | 40k | $524k (exactly $524,146) | Sokpop Collective, Tom van den Boogaart | |
| | Slow living with Princess | older | $19.99 | 580 87% | 17k | $348k (exactly $347,826) | KADOKAWA, TSUKURITE. |
| | 欺神弄鬼 | · EA | $9.99 | 802 91% | 24k | $240k (exactly $240,359) | 猫台班子工作室 Cat Caboodle |
| | Dread Fields | $6.99 | 527 98% | 16k | $111k (exactly $110,512) | Podoba Interactive | |
| | Let's Go! My Harem Farm | older | $14.99 | 198 79% | 5.9k | $89k (exactly $89,041) | XO_PROJECT |
| | Morningdew Farms: A Gay Farming Game | older | $19.99 | 123 83% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Y Press Games |
| | 汉尘:腐草为萤 | · EA | $7.99 | 305 71% | 9.2k | $73k (exactly $73,108) | 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd. |
| | Poem of the Starherd | $18.99 | 94 65% | 2.8k | $54k (exactly $53,552) | commamion | |
| | Immortal Farmer: System’s Mandate | · EA | $4.99 | 297 68% | 8.9k | $44k (exactly $44,461) | oyogame |
| | Dream Life in the Country Side | $14.99 | 87 83% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $39,124) | Moonlit Cafe | |
| | Life in red line | · EA | $17.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | Pecha games |
| | Ritualis: Summoner Simulator | $5.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Noxtell Games | |
| | Rogue AI: Idle Domination | $5.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Nerdook Productions |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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