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Real Time Tactics + Farming Sim
Only 9 developers shipped a Farming Sim Real Time Tactics 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, 欺神弄鬼, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×383 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,588) |
| Top 5% | $240k (exactly $240,359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 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
- Real Time Tactics, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 9,037 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HackingFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fisher Online | older | $13.99 | 4,199 81% | 126k | $1.8M (exactly $1,762,320) | R-Age LLC |
| | The Lost Village | older | $11.99 | 2,743 70% | 82k | $987k (exactly $986,657) | FunYoo Games |
| | 欺神弄鬼 | · EA | $9.99 | 802 91% | 24k | $240k (exactly $240,359) | 猫台班子工作室 Cat Caboodle |
| | Fox Sex Farm | $17.99 | 413 82% | 12k | $223k (exactly $222,896) | R's | |
| | Reactor Tech² | older | $14.99 | 353 68% | 11k | $159k (exactly $158,744) | 4Co |
| | Venture Towns | older | $8.99 | 114 75% | 3.4k | $31k (exactly $30,746) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Emma's Armaments | older | $12.40 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $24,552) | Caro Builders |
| | Guardener | older | $4.99 | 145 83% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,706) | Sokpop Collective |
| | Flow Of War | $12.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $16k (exactly $15,588) | Rongcon Games | |
| | Grandiose | older | $1.99 | 162 67% | 4.9k | $9.7k (exactly $9,671) | Valentin Supiot |
| | Happy Piggy | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
| | VeilWood | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Chaos Cabin | |
| | Cog Foo | $18.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $2.3k (exactly $2,279) | Anforus Games | |
| | Rise of the Settlement | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Luki |
| | Oceanic Rails | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Extrinc Studios |
| | Grim Pastures: Outlaws | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | 7hgamestudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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