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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Psychological Horror
Only 11 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Farming Sim 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, Wanderstop, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 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 $110k, ×233 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $15k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2M, ×4637 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $14k (exactly $14,393) |
|---|---|
| Median | $111k (exactly $110,512) |
| Top 25% | $828k (exactly $827,834) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,202,619) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- 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
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 15,388 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $15k. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
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
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Wanderstop 2025 · $2.2M 
Berry Bury Berry 2026 · $2.1M 
Fisher Online 2019 · $1.8M 
Village in the Shade 2026 · $828k 
KoboldKare 2022 · $826k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wanderstop | $24.99 | 2,938 92% | 88k | $2.2M (exactly $2,202,619) | Ivy Road | |
| | Berry Bury Berry | $7.99 | 8,619 98% | 259k | $2.1M (exactly $2,065,974) | Get(Color) Games | |
| | Fisher Online | older | $13.99 | 4,199 81% | 126k | $1.8M (exactly $1,762,320) | R-Age LLC |
| | Village in the Shade | $49.99 | 552 91% | 17k | $828k (exactly $827,834) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. | |
| | KoboldKare | older | $14.99 | 1,836 89% | 55k | $826k (exactly $825,649) | Naelstrof |
 | 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 |
 | Gnomes Garden | older | $14.99 | 262 87% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $117,821) | Workroom7, Creobit |
 | Dread Fields | $6.99 | 527 98% | 16k | $111k (exactly $110,512) | Podoba Interactive | |
 | Cryptid Farm | $4.99 | 153 96% | 4.6k | $23k (exactly $22,904) | GameByFlamey | |
 | Pumpkin Woods | · EA | $19.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Enchanted Pumpkin Co. |
 | The Plant Shop | $4.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $7.6k (exactly $7,635) | Tori | |
 | Harvest Scream | · EA | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Green Vector Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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