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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Farming Sim?
Online Co-Op + Farming Sim
Of 36 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op 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.. 85 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $18k, ×12 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $14M, ×9865 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 85 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
|---|---|
| Median | $18k (exactly $18,473) |
| Top 25% | $123k (exactly $122,938) |
| Top 5% | $15M (exactly $14,777,208) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 85 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Farming Sim; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Simulation, Building
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $22.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 3D, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $22.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 83,730 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 5 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 85 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Farming Simulator 22 2021 · $42M 
Farming Simulator 25 2024 · $36M 
Farming Simulator 19 2018 · $35M 
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Dinkum 2025 · $15M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming Simulator 22 | older | $19.99 | 69,477 93% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $41,665,357) | GIANTS Software |
| | Farming Simulator 25 | $29.99 | 39,681 87% | 1.2M | $36M (exactly $35,700,996) | GIANTS Software | |
| | Farming Simulator 19 | older | $17.99 | 64,621 94% | 1.9M | $35M (exactly $34,875,954) | GIANTS Software |
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Dinkum | $19.99 | 24,641 92% | 739k | $15M (exactly $14,777,208) | James Bendon | |
 | Farm Together | older | $19.99 | 17,647 93% | 529k | $11M (exactly $10,582,906) | Milkstone Studios |
 | Farming Simulator 17 | older | $14.99 | 23,063 93% | 692k | $10M (exactly $10,371,431) | GIANTS Software |
 | Luma Island | $19.99 | 11,204 84% | 336k | $6.7M (exactly $6,719,039) | Feel Free Games | |
 | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | older | $29.99 | 6,122 63% | 184k | $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) | Expansive Worlds |
 | Farming Simulator 15 | older | $12.99 | 13,306 92% | 399k | $5.2M (exactly $5,185,348) | GIANTS Software |
 | Solarpunk™ | $22.99 | 3,492 81% | 105k | $2.4M (exactly $2,408,432) | Cyberwave | |
 | Cozy Island | $8.99 | 2,454 92% | 74k | $662k (exactly $661,844) | LazyFish Studio | |
 | Boba Cafe Simulator | $15.99 | 1,192 92% | 36k | $572k (exactly $571,802) | Caikemi | |
 | Wild Indigo Ranch | $19.99 | 424 68% | 13k | $254k (exactly $254,273) | Funday Games | |
 | Oppidum | $29.99 | 161 67% | 4.8k | $145k (exactly $144,852) | EP Games® | |
 | Weed Shop 4: Highland | · EA | $19.99 | 205 52% | 6.2k | $123k (exactly $122,938) | Weed Games |
 | Wonderia | · EA | $13.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $116k (exactly $115,837) | Rock&Dash |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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