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Should I ship a Female-Led Space Sim?
Space Sim + Female Protagonist
Only 9 developers shipped a Female-Led Space 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, Final Frontier Story, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $2.4k. Revenue is flat on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.3k (exactly $2,332) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,946) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 31,699 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DestructionFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
STAR WARS™: Squadrons 2020 · $30M 
Chorus 2021 · $2.9M 
Jumplight Odyssey 2023 · EA · $865k 
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw 2020 · $848k 
Space Colony: Steam Edition 2015 · $254k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Squadrons | older | $39.99 | 25,086 66% | 753k | $30M (exactly $30,095,674) | MOTIVE |
| | Chorus | older | $24.99 | 3,876 81% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,905,837) | Deep Silver Fishlabs |
| | Jumplight Odyssey | · EA older | $29.99 | 961 58% | 29k | $865k (exactly $864,612) | League of Geeks |
| | Rebel Galaxy Outlaw | older | $29.99 | 942 65% | 28k | $848k (exactly $847,517) | Double Damage Games |
| | Space Colony: Steam Edition | older | $14.99 | 564 78% | 17k | $254k (exactly $253,631) | Firefly Studios |
 | Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator | older | $9.99 | 103 64% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Studio Namaapa |
 | Starlight Drifter | older | $19.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Dharker Studios |
 | Final Frontier Story | $8.99 | 48 72% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $12,946) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | |
 | Timewell: Trail of Celestes | older | $17.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $11k (exactly $10,794) | OZBER CIN |
 | Space Sex Lab 🚀 | $5.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | TheBigO Games | |
 | Become Emperor! My Trillion Beauties Planet Empire | $39.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | 万亿美女星球工程设计研究院, Trillion Beauties Planet… (万亿美女星球工程设计研究院, Trillion Beauties Planet Engineering Design Institute) | |
 | Cam Star! | $4.99 | 41 68% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | PINKU! | |
 | Max Savage | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Tim Rachor | |
 | Destination Gemini | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Hubert Cachat | |
 | BURN | $2.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $2.3k (exactly $2,332) | Wumbo Workshop LLC | |
 | Alien Battlefield | $9.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | TapfunGame | |
 | Stellar Archipelago | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gogodinosaur |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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