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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Procedural Generation
Of 34 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation 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.. 72 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.8k, ×16 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $520k, ×1109 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 72 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,821) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $30,476) |
| Top 5% | $527k (exactly $526,573) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 72 |
| 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 up 15% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than 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
- Procedural Generation
- 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, Procedural Generation; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Resource Management, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 8,044 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 72 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 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
Flotsam 2025 · $3.2M 
Gnomes 2025 · $527k 
Wonderia 2026 · EA · $116k 
Border Town 2025 · $114k 
Black Hole Fishing 2026 · $103k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Flotsam | $24.99 | 4,308 80% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,229,708) | Pajama Llama Games | |
| | Gnomes | $9.99 | 1,757 94% | 53k | $527k (exactly $526,573) | DYSTOPIAN | |
| | Wonderia | · EA | $13.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $116k (exactly $115,837) | Rock&Dash |
| | Border Town | $14.99 | 253 77% | 7.6k | $114k (exactly $113,774) | GoHoGames | |
| | Black Hole Fishing | $5.99 | 571 88% | 17k | $103k (exactly $102,609) | SDG Games | |
 | Creatura | older | $14.99 | 214 67% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $96,236) | Koksny.com |
 | Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth | $6.99 | 433 69% | 13k | $91k (exactly $90,800) | Zabbo Games | |
 | Koi Farm | older | $2.99 | 907 94% | 27k | $81k (exactly $81,358) | Job Talle, 3xBlast |
 | Global Farmer | $19.99 | 133 45% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $79,760) | Thera Bytes GmbH | |
 | Descending The Woods | · EA older | $18.99 | 111 47% | 3.3k | $63k (exactly $63,237) | AIONWARE LTD |
 | Call of Boba | · EA | $12.99 | 125 67% | 3.8k | $49k (exactly $48,712) | Tomatoast, Tomatoast |
 | TerraForge | $8.99 | 113 78% | 3.4k | $30k (exactly $30,476) | OverjoyedGameDevs | |
 | Node Farm | $11.99 | 75 81% | 2.3k | $27k (exactly $26,978) | ByerN |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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