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Fishing + Incremental
Of 64 developers who shipped a Fishing Incremental 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.. 87 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $630. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 87 games are announced against 44 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $34,865) |
| Top 5% | $230k (exactly $230,260) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 64 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 87 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 20% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Fishing
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing, Incremental; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,224 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 87 games are announced against 44 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Fishing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Farming SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Chillquarium 2023 · $1.4M 
Scale the Depths 2026 · $564k 
Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi 2025 · $454k 
Fishing Inc 2026 · $274k 
Cornerpond 2025 · $230k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chillquarium | older | $5.99 | 7,780 92% | 233k | $1.4M (exactly $1,398,066) | Ben Reber |
| | Scale the Depths | $9.99 | 1,881 88% | 56k | $564k (exactly $563,736) | Glass Gecko Games | |
| | Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi | $5.99 | 2,525 96% | 76k | $454k (exactly $453,742) | Kygua Tech | |
| | Fishing Inc | $4.99 | 1,833 91% | 55k | $274k (exactly $274,400) | BigBonk Studio | |
| | Cornerpond | $2.99 | 2,567 97% | 77k | $230k (exactly $230,260) | foolsroom | |
 | Captain Whiskers: Incremental Seas | $5.99 | 886 85% | 27k | $159k (exactly $159,214) | Happy Universe Studios | |
 | Lakeside Bar | $5.99 | 820 86% | 25k | $147k (exactly $147,354) | BITCOVER | |
 | MR FARMBOY | $9.99 | 480 85% | 14k | $144k (exactly $143,856) | mrdboy | |
 | Loafing Town | $6.99 | 531 85% | 16k | $111k (exactly $111,351) | GoblinZz | |
 | Black Hole Fishing | $5.99 | 571 88% | 17k | $103k (exactly $102,609) | SDG Games | |
 | Far Fishing | $2.99 | 1,130 96% | 34k | $101k (exactly $101,361) | LostVolBytes |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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