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Should I ship a Time Management Flight game?
Flight + Time Management
Only 15 developers shipped a Time Management Flight 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, ATC Ground Point, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 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 $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $36k, ×59 the market median. Revenue is up 785% on the market; 35 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 5% | $37k (exactly $36,937) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 785% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, Time Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Immersive Sim, Management
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Minimalist, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 197 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
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Comparable games
Fly Corp 2023 · $1.4M 
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 2020 · $1.0M 
Mini Airways - ATC simulator 2024 · $401k 
Puffin Planes 2024 · $122k 
Global ATC Simulator 2014 · $120k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fly Corp | older | $14.99 | 3,112 85% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,399,466) | KishMish Games |
| | I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 | older | $59.99 | 566 79% | 17k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,630) | TechnoBrain |
| | Mini Airways - ATC simulator | older | $9.99 | 1,339 92% | 40k | $401k (exactly $401,298) | CCC Games, Erabit |
| | Puffin Planes | older | $11.99 | 340 94% | 10k | $122k (exactly $122,298) | CATINRAIN LLC |
| | Global ATC Simulator | older | $29.99 | 133 62% | 4.0k | $120k (exactly $119,660) | Robert Miroszewski |
 | Lifeslide | older | $9.99 | 376 91% | 11k | $113k (exactly $112,687) | Dreamteck |
 | Air Traffic: Greenlight | older | $7.99 | 198 93% | 5.9k | $47k (exactly $47,461) | GyroX |
 | Duck Life 4 | older | $4.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $39k (exactly $39,072) | Wix Games |
 | ATC Ground Point | $15.99 | 77 81% | 2.3k | $37k (exactly $36,937) | Blueon | |
 | Argonauts Agency: Golden Fleece | older | $14.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $19,337) | Workroom7 |
 | Airline Ops | · EA | $14.99 | 37 29% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Smoky Bay Studio |
 | soul Interface | · EA | $12.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | soulless technologies |
 | Airport Mania: First Flight | $9.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Reflexive, South Winds Games, Evergreen… (Reflexive, South Winds Games, Evergreen Games LLC) | |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | Simple Airline Sim | $7.99 | 8 0% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | zedzag | |
 | The Chaser's Voyage | $19.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Bright at Midnight: A Game Studio | |
 | ATC Flight Operator | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | FlagmanJeremy | |
 | Air Traffic Control | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Urban Isotope | |
 | Bold Ideas | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Lee |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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