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Should I ship a Medieval Fishing game?
Fishing + Medieval
Only 9 developers shipped a Medieval 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.. 34 more are announced, ×6.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $3.6M, ×7617 the market median. Revenue is up 1695% on the market; 34 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $69k (exactly $68,554) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 1695% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- $9.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 59% positive over 19,728 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.8 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
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Mirthwood 2024 · $1.7M 
Phoenotopia: Awakening 2021 · $1.7M 
Shoppe Keep 2 2019 · $458k 
9th Dawn III 2020 · $240k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Mirthwood | $24.99 | 2,242 69% | 67k | $1.7M (exactly $1,680,827) | Bad Ridge Games | |
| | Phoenotopia: Awakening | older | $19.99 | 2,755 82% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,652,173) | Cape Cosmic |
| | Shoppe Keep 2 | older | $9.99 | 1,527 57% | 46k | $458k (exactly $457,642) | Strange Fire |
| | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | Garlant: My Story | older | $10.99 | 234 84% | 7.0k | $77k (exactly $77,150) | Flt Studio |
 | Knights End | $7.99 | 286 90% | 8.6k | $69k (exactly $68,554) | Knight Shift Studios | |
 | Verdant Village | · EA older | $14.99 | 48 87% | 1.4k | $22k (exactly $21,586) | Exodus Software |
 | The Grindstone | older | $19.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Wolfs Moon Studios |
 | Upgradia | · EA | $9.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Mytharia |
 | RuneClick | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Vosk Games | |
 | Fisherman's Palace | · EA | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | SuperuserGames |
 | The Farming Frontier | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Cuneyt Aliustaoglu | |
 | Nick's Text Adventure | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | GXPlay | |
 | Demon's Regalia: Colosseum | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | regalfang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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