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Should I ship a Farming Sim Racing game?
Racing + Farming Sim
Only 14 developers shipped a Farming Sim Racing game 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, Unbridled: That Horse Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×581 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $598 (exactly $598) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,486) |
| Top 5% | $365k (exactly $365,104) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Farming Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Character Customization, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Family Friendly, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 717 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Unbridled: That Horse Game 2025 · EA · $365k 
My Village Life 2020 · EA · $173k 
Best Forklift Operator 2022 · $134k 
Duck Life 9: The Flock 2024 · $57k 
Pocket Stables 2022 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Unbridled: That Horse Game | · EA | $24.99 | 487 85% | 15k | $365k (exactly $365,104) | Mind Evotion Games |
| | My Village Life | · EA older | $14.99 | 385 85% | 12k | $173k (exactly $173,134) | Papucs Games |
| | Best Forklift Operator | older | $19.99 | 224 75% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $134,333) | Simmersiv |
| | Duck Life 9: The Flock | older | $9.99 | 190 83% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wix Games |
| | Pocket Stables | older | $8.99 | 190 91% | 5.7k | $51k (exactly $51,243) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | The Economy Bros | $19.99 | 56 82% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | Devin Carlson | |
 | Shiny Ski Resort | older | $8.99 | 102 92% | 3.1k | $28k (exactly $27,509) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition | $19.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | PikPok | |
 | Horse Farm Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 45 60% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Glow Egg Games |
 | glitter | older | $29.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $9.0k (exactly $8,997) | glitter |
 | Tap Derby: Horse Racing | $4.99 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Frost Warrior Studios | |
 | Extreme Forklifting 3 | · EA | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DevM Games |
 | عامل المزرعة | · EA | $1.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) | SAAD ALSHARARI KSA |
 | Teddy Horses | · EA | $1.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | DodoModo, BoppoLoppo |
 | Duty Free Shop Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | CLOWN MAGIC |
 | Driveland | $3.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Overshift Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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