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Should I ship a Farming Sim RTS?
RTS + Farming Sim
Only 15 developers shipped a Farming Sim RTS 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, The Wandering Village, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.5k, ×4.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $6.9M, ×4645 the market median. Revenue is up 330% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) |
| Top 25% | $183k (exactly $182,908) |
| Top 5% | $7.0M (exactly $6,958,280) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 330% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS, Farming Sim; all of the top 25% also carry City Builder, Management, Sandbox
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 9,048 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomeFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + SportsLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
The Wandering Village 2025 · $7.0M 
Industry Giant 4.0 2025 · $379k 
Of Life and Land 2025 · $216k 
Summa Expeditionis 2026 · $183k 
My Drug Cartel 2025 · EA · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Wandering Village | $29.99 | 7,734 91% | 232k | $7.0M (exactly $6,958,280) | Stray Fawn Studio | |
| | Industry Giant 4.0 | $24.99 | 506 33% | 15k | $379k (exactly $379,348) | Don VS Dodo | |
| | Of Life and Land | $24.99 | 288 82% | 8.6k | $216k (exactly $215,914) | Kerzoven | |
| | Summa Expeditionis | $19.99 | 305 68% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Lobico Games | |
| | My Drug Cartel | · EA | $24.99 | 48 50% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | Gigicom |
 | Pocket Harvest | older | $8.99 | 106 86% | 3.2k | $29k (exactly $28,588) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Randoville | · EA older | $14.99 | 63 63% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | AVE Team |
 | Shiny Ski Resort | older | $8.99 | 102 92% | 3.1k | $28k (exactly $27,509) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Node Farm | $11.99 | 75 81% | 2.3k | $27k (exactly $26,978) | ByerN | |
 | Flow Of War | $12.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $16k (exactly $15,588) | Rongcon Games | |
 | Harvest Village | $6.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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