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Should I ship a Naval Fishing game?
Fishing + Naval
Only 13 developers shipped a Naval 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.. 40 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $12k, ×19 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.6M, ×5762 the market median. Revenue is up 3720% on the market; 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $11,994) |
| Top 25% | $69k (exactly $68,804) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 3720% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Fishing; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action-Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 15,075 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 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 
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020 · $2.7M 
Fishing: Barents Sea 2018 · $1.8M 
Salt 2: Shores of Gold 2025 · $1.3M 
Deadliest Catch: The Game 2020 · $911k | 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. | |
| | Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition | older | $34.99 | 2,535 76% | 76k | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) | Misc Games |
| | Fishing: Barents Sea | older | $24.99 | 2,393 79% | 72k | $1.8M (exactly $1,794,032) | Misc Games |
| | Salt 2: Shores of Gold | $19.99 | 2,182 85% | 65k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,545) | Lavaboots Studios | |
| | Deadliest Catch: The Game | older | $19.99 | 1,519 51% | 46k | $911k (exactly $910,944) | 4Fishing |
 | World Ship Simulator | older | $19.99 | 177 16% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Odin Game Studio |
 | Water You Doing? | $7.99 | 294 59% | 8.8k | $70k (exactly $70,472) | DiSolve Studios | |
 | Following Seas | · EA | $14.99 | 153 76% | 4.6k | $69k (exactly $68,804) | Whipstaff Games |
 | Crabmeat | $7.99 | 181 86% | 5.4k | $43k (exactly $43,386) | Nicholas McDonnell, Mitchell Pasmans | |
 | Dreaming Isles | $6.99 | 79 51% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | YawningDad | |
 | Fathom's End | · EA | $19.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Lonely Anchor |
 | Dockside Dreams – Fish & Cook Simulator | $7.99 | 22 59% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | C51 Games | |
 | Undesired Catch | $3.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $5.3k (exactly $5,267) | Ferran Costa Casanova | |
 | Sea Town - Fish Market Simulator | $3.99 | 27 48% | 810 | $3.2k (exactly $3,232) | Alice Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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