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Should I ship a Gambling Time Management game?
Time Management + Gambling
Only 18 developers shipped a Gambling Time Management 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, Gamble With Your Friends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 30 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $418 (exactly $418) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) |
| Top 5% | $4.5M (exactly $4,526,255) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 500% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management, Gambling; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Resource Management, Sandbox, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 19,733 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Gamble With Your Friends 2026 · $4.5M 
STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator 2023 · EA · $936k 
Ultimate Theater Simulator 2025 · $247k 
Dog Brew 2024 · $160k 
Casino Simulator 2024 2025 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gamble With Your Friends | $7.99 | 18,883 89% | 566k | $4.5M (exactly $4,526,255) | TEAM GWYF | |
| | STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,124 95% | 94k | $936k (exactly $936,263) | TERNOX |
| | Ultimate Theater Simulator | $12.99 | 634 88% | 19k | $247k (exactly $247,070) | RAKTWO Games, steelbox Games | |
| | Dog Brew | older | $3.50 | 1,522 97% | 46k | $160k (exactly $159,810) | Yuliy Oneshko, S-Grade |
| | Casino Simulator 2024 | $5.99 | 119 69% | 3.6k | $21k (exactly $21,384) | METAGAR | |
 | Backyard Boxing | $7.99 | 49 48% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $11,745) | Crime House Games, TheShadeGameDev | |
 | Casino Management Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 20 60% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | BroxStudios |
 | Lotto Life | older | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Stephen Rich, Anthony Rietkerk, Ryan, J… (Stephen Rich, Anthony Rietkerk, Ryan, Jiwon Suh, Jason Maiser, Pallav Sharda, Nuvya Dutt Sharda) |
 | Side Hustle | $3.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | theJameskrik | |
 | Idle Trading Simulator | older | $0.99 | 38 42% | 1.1k | $1.1k (exactly $1,129) | DiamosDev |
 | 100% Plasma Vitae | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Plasma Team | |
 | ON money | · EA | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | jumic games |
 | Desktop Pachinko Idle | $1.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | neonpixy | |
 | Gokai Awesome Simulator + | $2.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Gokai, Cocoaaa64 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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