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Immersive Sim + God Game
Of 41 developers who shipped a God Game Immersive Sim 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.. 67 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 67 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is down 40% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $63,173) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 136 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 down 40% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, God Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Sandbox, Strategy
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 3,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. Nearly all of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Universe Sandbox 2015 · EA · $25M 
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition 2010 · $5.1M 
The Tenants 2022 · $4.2M 
MMORPG Tycoon 2 2020 · EA · $2.2M 
Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition 2019 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Universe Sandbox | · EA older | $29.99 | 27,843 96% | 835k | $25M (exactly $25,050,347) | Giant Army |
| | SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition | older | $19.99 | 8,495 81% | 255k | $5.1M (exactly $5,094,452) | EA - Maxis, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | The Tenants | older | $19.99 | 7,071 79% | 212k | $4.2M (exactly $4,240,479) | EndGameLoop Games |
| | MMORPG Tycoon 2 | · EA older | $24.99 | 2,977 86% | 89k | $2.2M (exactly $2,231,857) | VectorStorm Pty Ltd |
| | Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,579 55% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,609,476) | Klabater |
 | JIANGHU CHRONICLES | $17.99 | 2,046 70% | 61k | $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226) | 一品阁 | |
 | WW2 Rebuilder | older | $19.99 | 1,504 84% | 45k | $902k (exactly $901,949) | Madnetic Games |
 | TasteMaker | older | $11.99 | 1,249 83% | 37k | $449k (exactly $449,265) | Jelle Booij |
 | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
 | Mini Airways - ATC simulator | older | $9.99 | 1,339 92% | 40k | $401k (exactly $401,298) | CCC Games, Erabit |
 | Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar | $14.99 | 263 87% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $118,271) | Venugopalan Sreedharan | |
 | 吾皇万岁 | $4.99 | 422 68% | 13k | $63k (exactly $63,173) | AI GAME STUDIO | |
 | The Fool's Apprentice | $16.99 | 42 52% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $21,407) | The Planar Danse | |
 | Sacrifice | $6.99 | 61 85% | 1.8k | $13k (exactly $12,792) | Basue no okiya | |
 | Church Simulator | $3.99 | 99 78% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,850) | EY GAMES | |
 | soul Interface | · EA | $12.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | soulless technologies |
 | Galactic Simulator2: Stargate | $5.99 | 42 78% | 1.3k | $7.5k (exactly $7,547) | PcZ Games | |
 | Cats in Cozy Rooms | $4.99 | 44 97% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | AGE Zero, Odd Grape Studio | |
 | Command by Voice: World Conquest | · EA | $9.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Side Meicai |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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