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Should I ship a Fishing Time Management game?
Fishing + Time Management
Of 24 developers who shipped a Fishing Time Management 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.. 36 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $910k, ×1933 the market median. Revenue is up 340% on the market; 36 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) |
| Top 25% | $34k (exactly $34,177) |
| Top 5% | $918k (exactly $918,382) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 340% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Fishing
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing, Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Sandbox, Agriculture
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Family Friendly, 1990's
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 6,654 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fishing with a different second tag, 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
Farm Together 2 2025 · $3.5M 
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020 · $2.7M 
Farmer's Dynasty 2 2026 · EA · $918k 
Summer Beach 2026 · $136k 
Joyquarium 2025 · $85k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farm Together 2 | $25.99 | 4,456 93% | 134k | $3.5M (exactly $3,474,343) | Milkstone Studios | |
| | Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition | older | $34.99 | 2,535 76% | 76k | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) | Misc Games |
| | Farmer's Dynasty 2 | · EA | $24.99 | 1,225 72% | 37k | $918k (exactly $918,382) | UMEO Studios |
| | Summer Beach | $24.99 | 181 66% | 5.4k | $136k (exactly $135,696) | Sakura Cat | |
| | Joyquarium | $5.99 | 475 90% | 14k | $85k (exactly $85,358) | Easyfun Studio | |
 | Frost Survival VR | $14.99 | 161 89% | 4.8k | $72k (exactly $72,402) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. | |
 | Aquaculture Land: Fish Farming Simulation | older | $9.99 | 181 75% | 5.4k | $54k (exactly $54,246) | Maulidan Games |
 | Brocula | older | $19.99 | 87 43% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Destroyer Doggo |
 | SeaColony | · EA | $14.99 | 76 61% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $34,177) | Emindev |
 | Fantasy Fishing Town | older | $6.99 | 81 77% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,986) | RainbowStudio |
 | Fathom's End | · EA | $19.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Lonely Anchor |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Organic Burger Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 12 58% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Mehmet Bilici, Hüseyin Doğan |
 | 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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