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Should I ship a Space Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + Space
Only 15 developers shipped a Space 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, One Lonely Outpost, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper, while revenue is down 85% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) |
| Top 5% | $324k (exactly $323,838) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 35% fewer 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
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Farming Sim; all of the top 25% also carry Building, Crafting, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 62% positive over 742 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 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
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
Comparable games
Little-Known Galaxy 2024 · $407k 
One Lonely Outpost 2025 · $324k 
Deiland: Pocket Planet 2021 · $59k 
Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets 2025 · EA · $28k 
Mars Base 2022 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Little-Known Galaxy | older | $19.99 | 679 88% | 20k | $407k (exactly $407,196) | Carbon & Kay |
| | One Lonely Outpost | $19.99 | 540 58% | 16k | $324k (exactly $323,838) | indie.io | |
| | Deiland: Pocket Planet | older | $14.99 | 132 68% | 4.0k | $59k (exactly $59,360) | Chibig |
| | Galactic Getaway: Build a Home for Pets | · EA | $14.99 | 62 61% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $27,881) | Akrew |
| | Mars Base | older | $19.99 | 37 51% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | Khuong Le |
 | XenoHaven | · EA | $9.99 | 51 80% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | Miniverse Game |
 | Epic Astro Story | older | $8.99 | 44 84% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,867) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Kairobotica | older | $8.99 | 42 73% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape | $9.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | GameEraStudios | |
 | AstroPlanet | $3.99 | 39 64% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | VIVA | |
 | Plantasia | $4.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Cave Bear Games | |
 | Astral Outcast | · EA | $12.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | StarMight Games |
 | Laika Space Adventure | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Temirlan Yergazy | |
 | Space Guild | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Recoil Mojo | |
 | Space Chickens | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Tabsil |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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