Should I ship a PvP Fishing game?
PvP + Fishing
Only 6 developers shipped a PvP 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.. 28 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $51k against a market of $1.5k. 28 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) |
|---|---|
| Median | $51k (exactly $50,816) |
| Top 25% | $91k (exactly $91,289) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 39%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP, Fishing
- Price point
- $14.99 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 19,368 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $9.6k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
PvP with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
CryoFall 2021 · $2.9M 
Shoppe Keep 2 2019 · $458k 
Bassmaster® Fishing 2021 · $186k 
我的钓鱼世界 2026 · EA · $91k | 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. | |
| | CryoFall | older | $19.99 | 4,905 78% | 147k | $2.9M (exactly $2,941,528) | AtomicTorch Studio |
| | Shoppe Keep 2 | older | $9.99 | 1,527 57% | 46k | $458k (exactly $457,642) | Strange Fire |
| | Bassmaster® Fishing | older | $19.99 | 310 73% | 9.3k | $186k (exactly $185,907) | Dovetail Games |
| | 我的钓鱼世界 | · EA | $14.99 | 203 60% | 6.1k | $91k (exactly $91,289) | 华幸 |
 | Fishing Sim World: Bass Pro Shops Edition | older | $39.99 | 48 79% | 1.4k | $58k (exactly $57,586) | Dovetail Games |
 | Nanomon Virtual Pet | $14.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Oscar Brittain | |
 | Survival Nation: Lost Horizon | · EA older | $14.99 | 113 55% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. |
 | All-In-One Summer Sports VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 45 84% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Appnori Inc. |
 | The Isle of Cats | $14.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Dire Wolf | |
 | Upgradia | · EA | $9.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Mytharia |
 | Reel it! World Fishing | $12.79 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,151) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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