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Should I ship a Time Management FPS?
FPS + Time Management
Of 49 developers who shipped a Time Management FPS 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.. 61 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450. 61 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) |
| Top 5% | $940k (exactly $939,730) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 49 |
| Released games | 99 |
| Announced | 61 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Time Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Immersive Sim, Life Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 26,782 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Summer Memories 2020 · $14M 
LOCKDOWN Protocol 2025 · $5.0M 
Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator 2026 · $3.8M 
Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring 2021 · $2.6M 
Football Life Simulator 2025 · EA · $940k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Summer Memories | older | $19.99 | 24,113 92% | 723k | $14M (exactly $14,460,566) | Dojin Otome |
| | LOCKDOWN Protocol | $9.99 | 16,605 86% | 498k | $5.0M (exactly $4,976,518) | Mirage Creative Lab | |
| | Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator | $17.99 | 7,019 83% | 211k | $3.8M (exactly $3,788,154) | Biotech Gameworks | |
| | Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring | older | $13.99 | 6,310 95% | 189k | $2.6M (exactly $2,648,307) | 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) |
| | Football Life Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 1,567 68% | 47k | $940k (exactly $939,730) | Ludu Arts |
 | Succumate | older | $14.99 | 976 81% | 29k | $439k (exactly $438,907) | Dojin Otome |
 | Idol Hands | older | $10.99 | 914 83% | 27k | $301k (exactly $301,346) | 樹懶叫工作室, sloth gamer |
 | Cinema Simulator 2025 | · EA | $11.99 | 573 76% | 17k | $206k (exactly $206,108) | HOGO Games |
 | Beff Jezos Simulator | $9.99 | 387 68% | 12k | $116k (exactly $115,984) | tiplay studio | |
 | 女神氪金系统 | $9.99 | 219 89% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,634) | 有一小间工作室 | |
 | Business Simulator 2026 | · EA | $11.99 | 178 74% | 5.3k | $64k (exactly $64,027) | HOGO Games |
 | Crazy Islands | $13.99 | 73 68% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $30,638) | Ge-Aivan | |
 | Model Kit Shop Simulator | $9.99 | 90 87% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | Tenacity Games | |
 | The Candle | $4.99 | 71 91% | 2.1k | $11k (exactly $10,629) | Candle Dev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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