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Sailing + Fishing
Of 32 developers who shipped a Fishing Sailing 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.. 72 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×4.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×639 the market median. Revenue is up 895% on the market; 72 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $13,941) |
| Top 5% | $401k (exactly $401,001) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 72 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 895% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Sailing, Fishing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Action, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Nonlinear, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 4,049 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 72 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sailing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
Comparable games
DREDGE 2023 · $36M 
Cat Goes Fishing 2015 · $3.2M 
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020 · $2.7M 
Fishing: Barents Sea 2018 · $1.8M 
Sailwind 2021 · EA · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DREDGE | older | $24.99 | 47,624 95% | 1.4M | $36M (exactly $35,703,713) | Black Salt Games |
| | Cat Goes Fishing | older | $6.99 | 15,431 94% | 463k | $3.2M (exactly $3,235,881) | Cat5Games |
| | 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 |
| | Sailwind | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,312 89% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,386,506) | Raw Lion Workshop |
 | Salt 2: Shores of Gold | $19.99 | 2,182 85% | 65k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,545) | Lavaboots Studios | |
 | Critter Cove | · EA older | $24.99 | 1,735 94% | 52k | $1.3M (exactly $1,300,730) | Gentleman Rat Studios |
 | Deadliest Catch: The Game | older | $19.99 | 1,519 51% | 46k | $911k (exactly $910,944) | 4Fishing |
 | Moonglow Bay | older | $24.99 | 679 66% | 20k | $509k (exactly $509,046) | Bunnyhug |
 | UMIGARI | ウミガリ | $12.99 | 1,029 82% | 31k | $401k (exactly $401,001) | Chilla's Art | |
 | Collector's Cove | $19.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | VoodooDuck | |
 | Following Seas | · EA | $14.99 | 153 76% | 4.6k | $69k (exactly $68,804) | Whipstaff Games |
 | FISH FEAR ME | $9.99 | 214 84% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $64,136) | HEATHER FLOWERS | |
 | Nautical Survival | $7.99 | 179 97% | 5.4k | $43k (exactly $42,906) | Idan Rooze | |
 | Dreaming Isles | $6.99 | 79 51% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,566) | YawningDad | |
 | The Isle of Cats | $14.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Dire Wolf | |
 | Fisherman Simulator | $6.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | RFT | |
 | Whistling Waters | $9.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Luna Apps |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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