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Should I ship a Fishing Hunting game?
Hunting + Fishing
Of 28 developers who shipped a Fishing Hunting game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 53 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $380; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×639 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 53 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $372 (exactly $372) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,513) |
| Top 5% | $401k (exactly $401,001) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Fishing; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Exploration, Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 53% positive over 13,734 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $380. 8 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
DYSMANTLE 2021 · $6.6M 
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022 · $5.5M 
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Russian Village Simulator 2023 · $800k 
Euro Fishing 2015 · $673k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DYSMANTLE | older | $19.99 | 11,022 91% | 331k | $6.6M (exactly $6,609,893) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | older | $29.99 | 6,122 63% | 184k | $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) | Expansive Worlds |
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Russian Village Simulator | older | $29.99 | 889 84% | 27k | $800k (exactly $799,833) | VD Games, PropilGames |
| | Euro Fishing | older | $14.99 | 1,496 64% | 45k | $673k (exactly $672,751) | Dovetail Games |
 | Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour | older | $19.99 | 945 80% | 28k | $567k (exactly $566,716) | Dovetail Games |
 | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
 | Slow living with Princess | older | $19.99 | 580 87% | 17k | $348k (exactly $347,826) | KADOKAWA, TSUKURITE. |
 | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | Survival Nation | older | $29.99 | 235 70% | 7.1k | $211k (exactly $211,430) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. |
 | Frost Survival VR | $14.99 | 161 89% | 4.8k | $72k (exactly $72,402) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. | |
 | Chill Town | $9.99 | 200 68% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Low-Hi Tech | |
 | Ice World | $9.99 | 111 57% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | CoolRabbit Games | |
 | Russian Village Simulator 2 | $15.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $29k (exactly $29,262) | VD Games, PropilGames | |
 | Russian Village Simulator on Mars | $15.99 | 58 77% | 1.7k | $28k (exactly $27,823) | VD Games, PropilGames | |
 | CHEMISTS: Dead Zone | · EA | $15.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $12k (exactly $11,513) | RPAX GAMING |
 | Man Made | · EA | $19.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Rule51 |
 | Cold Breath | $12.99 | 9 22% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | celikgames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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