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Should I ship a Farming Sim FPS?
FPS + Farming Sim
Only 12 developers shipped a Farming Sim FPS 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, Zombie Graveyard Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×242 the market median. Revenue is up 1225% on the market; 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $659 (exactly $659) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
| Top 25% | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) |
| Top 5% | $362k (exactly $362,008) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 1225% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Farming Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Farming Sim
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 925 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Weed Shop 3 2022 · $2.4M 
Drug Lord Tycoon 2024 · EA · $501k 
Zombie Graveyard Simulator 2025 · $362k 
Weed Shop 2 2017 · $253k 
Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） 2017 · $211k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Weed Shop 3 | older | $19.99 | 3,956 93% | 119k | $2.4M (exactly $2,372,413) | Weed Games |
| | Drug Lord Tycoon | · EA older | $9.99 | 1,671 83% | 50k | $501k (exactly $500,799) | Duhndal |
| | Zombie Graveyard Simulator | $14.99 | 805 89% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | threeW | |
| | Weed Shop 2 | older | $9.99 | 845 86% | 25k | $253k (exactly $253,246) | ADhD Studios |
| | Dong-Jin Rice-hime（東津萌米） | older | $19.99 | 352 90% | 11k | $211k (exactly $211,094) | STORIA, Narrator, SimonCreative |
 | My Village Life | · EA older | $14.99 | 385 85% | 12k | $173k (exactly $173,134) | Papucs Games |
 | 仙道孤旅 | · EA older | $8.99 | 53 84% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,294) | 仙道 |
 | Life in red line | · EA | $17.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | Pecha games |
 | Garden Of Mooj | older | $14.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Kcfos |
 | Farm Supply Simulator 25 | · EA | $11.99 | 26 84% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Superwolf Game Studio, Lycan Arts |
 | Weed Store Simulator | $9.99 | 25 80% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | Nons Games | |
 | Dig For Riches | $7.99 | 23 52% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | OxygenStudio | |
 | Shadow of the Night | $12.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Meat Lovers | $6.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Triple O Studios | |
 | Ultra Fishing | $12.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Uğur ÇELİK | |
 | Master Leaf Blower | · EA | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Frix, Buffa Software |
 | Mary Jane | · EA | $10.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | EBOES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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