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Should I ship a Farming Sim Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Farming Sim
Only 15 developers shipped a Farming Sim Strategy RPG 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, Farmagia, 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 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $990, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $94k, ×150 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $446 (exactly $446) |
|---|---|
| Median | $987 (exactly $987) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $29,471) |
| Top 5% | $94k (exactly $94,481) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 684 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 2D PlatformerFair
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- + Dating SimPoor odds
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Comparable games
Crypto Mining Simulator 2021 · $212k 
Ninja Village 2022 · $147k 
Farmagia 2024 · $94k 
汉尘：腐草为萤 2025 · EA · $73k 
Brocula 2024 · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crypto Mining Simulator | older | $4.99 | 1,419 65% | 43k | $212k (exactly $212,424) | Satosha Nakamoti |
| | Ninja Village | older | $8.99 | 546 93% | 16k | $147k (exactly $147,256) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
| | Farmagia | $49.99 | 63 46% | 1.9k | $94k (exactly $94,481) | Marvelous Inc. | |
| | 汉尘：腐草为萤 | · EA | $7.99 | 305 71% | 9.2k | $73k (exactly $73,108) | 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd. |
| | Brocula | older | $19.99 | 87 43% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Destroyer Doggo |
 | Sons Of The Dream Forest | · EA older | $4.99 | 318 9% | 9.5k | $48k (exactly $47,605) | SimulatorLife |
 | The Headlands | · EA | $10.99 | 107 97% | 3.2k | $35k (exactly $35,278) | TessaraOxygen |
 | 极乐不羡仙 | $5.99 | 164 65% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | 仙常居ソフト | |
 | Beastie Bay DX | older | $8.99 | 98 70% | 2.9k | $26k (exactly $26,431) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | 古代风流传 | older | $1.45 | 499 72% | 15k | $22k (exactly $21,706) | Turtle game |
 | 電視夢工場 | $3.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | T-Time Technology CO., LTD. | |
 | Soukh | · EA | $10.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.6k (exactly $1,648) | Noctis Tide Studios |
 | CropChampion | $9.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | CropChampion | |
 | Auction House | $2.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Recoil Mojo | |
 | The Farming Frontier | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Cuneyt Aliustaoglu | |
 | Little Library | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | BitQuest Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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