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Should I ship a Farming Sim Tactical game?
Tactical + Farming Sim
Only 12 developers shipped a Farming Sim Tactical 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, Mamon King, 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: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 110% on the market; 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 25% | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Top 5% | $235k (exactly $234,989) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 110% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- 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
- Tactical, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 88% positive over 702 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
The Lost Village 2024 · $987k 
Mamon King 2025 · $235k 
Reactor Tech² 2021 · $159k 
Ninja Village 2022 · $147k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | The Lost Village | older | $11.99 | 2,743 70% | 82k | $987k (exactly $986,657) | FunYoo Games |
| | Mamon King | $12.99 | 603 90% | 18k | $235k (exactly $234,989) | LiTMUS Co., Ltd. | |
| | Reactor Tech² | older | $14.99 | 353 68% | 11k | $159k (exactly $158,744) | 4Co |
| | Ninja Village | older | $8.99 | 546 93% | 16k | $147k (exactly $147,256) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Super Farming Boy | · EA | $12.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $16k (exactly $16,367) | LemonChili Soft |
 | Transporter Manager Tycoon | older | $9.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Softwaves, New Games Waves |
 | The Tower Of Babel | older | $19.99 | 9 22% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | SmartOliveGames Ltd |
 | Weather Dragger | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Geese & Goose | |
 | 公考刷题模拟器-我要上岸 | $3.99 | 18 61% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | DoubleGame | |
 | Meat Lovers | $6.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Triple O Studios | |
 | NecroFarm | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Podigi Games | |
 | Mary Jane | · EA | $10.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | EBOES |
 | Oceanic Rails | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Extrinc Studios |
 | Square Fishing Builder | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | codegamerstudio | |
 | Pocket Spouse | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seth Fasnacht |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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