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Should I ship a Fishing Walking Simulator?
Fishing + Walking Simulator
Only 14 developers shipped a Fishing Walking Simulator 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, Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2622 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 27 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,930) |
| Top 25% | $41k (exactly $40,989) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,245,577) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 105% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing, Walking Simulator
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 3,326 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 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
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022 · $5.5M 
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 2025 · $1.2M 
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway 2024 · $1.0M 
Fishing Adventure 2019 · $221k 
Manny's 2023 · $161k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | older | $29.99 | 6,122 63% | 184k | $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) | Expansive Worlds |
| | Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 | $19.99 | 2,077 66% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,245,577) | Silent Bear Studio, SHINING GAMES | |
| | Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway | older | $9.99 | 3,470 86% | 104k | $1.0M (exactly $1,039,959) | Rayll Studios |
| | Fishing Adventure | older | $4.99 | 1,479 85% | 44k | $221k (exactly $221,406) | MasterCode |
| | Manny's | older | $7.99 | 671 91% | 20k | $161k (exactly $160,839) | Bonemeal Productions |
 | Sushi Ben | $11.99 | 261 82% | 7.8k | $94k (exactly $93,882) | Big Brane Studios, Inc. | |
 | Loan Shark | $3.99 | 635 84% | 19k | $76k (exactly $76,010) | Studio Ortica | |
 | Clawfish | older | $2.99 | 603 92% | 18k | $54k (exactly $54,089) | David Czarnowski |
 | Sinker sound | · EA | $7.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $41k (exactly $40,989) | Chavafei |
 | Isle of Jura | older | $4.99 | 191 76% | 5.7k | $29k (exactly $28,593) | EM Games |
 | Little Wings Deliveries | $4.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $13,024) | SkyBrave, Vort Digital, Jonathan Kihlst… (SkyBrave, Vort Digital, Jonathan Kihlström, Mount West Music) | |
 | Shippin | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Big Trident Studios | |
 | Cat Simulator: Meow | $0.99 | 65 60% | 2.0k | $1.9k (exactly $1,930) | Cat Studio | |
 | Open Fishing 2 | $6.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Kunstaat | |
 | Missing The Point | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Burner Phone | |
 | DarkShine | · EA | $3.00 | 5 100% | 150 | $450 (exactly $450) | DScorp |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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