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Should I ship a Magic Fishing game?
Fishing + Magic
Only 13 developers shipped a Magic Fishing 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, The Quinfall, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 53 more are announced, ×5.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×28 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $3.6M, ×7617 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 53 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $13,406) |
| Top 25% | $122k (exactly $121,869) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 125% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 55% positive over 14,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 53 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fishing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingFair
- + AutomationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Disney Dreamlight Valley 2023 · $26M 
Sun Haven 2023 · $17M 
Melvor Idle 2021 · $4.4M 
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Rune Factory 5 2022 · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Disney Dreamlight Valley | older | $39.99 | 22,027 92% | 661k | $26M (exactly $26,425,792) | Gameloft |
| | Sun Haven | older | $24.99 | 22,069 79% | 662k | $17M (exactly $16,545,129) | Pixel Sprout Studios |
| | Melvor Idle | older | $9.99 | 14,630 90% | 439k | $4.4M (exactly $4,384,611) | Games by Malcs |
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Rune Factory 5 | older | $39.99 | 1,940 76% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,327,418) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Rune Factory 4 Special | older | $29.99 | 2,070 88% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,862,379) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Rune Factory 3 Special | older | $39.99 | 734 94% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Seablip | · EA older | $14.99 | 1,078 81% | 32k | $485k (exactly $484,777) | Jardar Solli |
 | Mika and The Witch's Mountain | $19.99 | 671 86% | 20k | $402k (exactly $402,399) | Chibig, Nukefist | |
 | Ritual of Raven | $14.99 | 325 88% | 9.8k | $146k (exactly $146,152) | Spellgarden Games | |
 | Seeds of Calamity | $14.99 | 271 78% | 8.1k | $122k (exactly $121,869) | Laborious Lark Studios | |
 | Loafing Town | $6.99 | 531 85% | 16k | $111k (exactly $111,351) | GoblinZz | |
 | The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish | $14.99 | 57 100% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | ZIPIT! Games | |
 | Yollen | $3.99 | 112 66% | 3.4k | $13k (exactly $13,406) | axilirate | |
 | More fish - Idle Clicker | $5.49 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.6k (exactly $2,635) | Broad Street Indie Games | |
 | Words Of Power | $15.00 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.3k (exactly $2,250) | Tsuperion | |
 | Fishing for Numbers | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | 2xP Games AS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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