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Should I ship an Inventory Management God Game?
God Game + Inventory Management
Only 16 developers shipped an Inventory Management God 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, Microcivilization, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is flat on the market; 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,850) |
| Top 5% | $776k (exactly $775,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Inventory Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Resource Management, Simulation
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,064 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
Comparable games
Microcivilization 2026 · $776k 
The Eastern Sacrifice 2025 · $107k 
Miniland Adventure 2023 · $96k 
Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management 2021 · $86k 
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon 2025 · $45k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microcivilization | $17.99 | 1,437 78% | 43k | $776k (exactly $775,549) | Ondrej Homola | |
| | The Eastern Sacrifice | $9.99 | 356 55% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
| | Miniland Adventure | older | $10.99 | 290 72% | 8.7k | $96k (exactly $95,613) | Imilkowski Dev |
| | Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management | older | $19.99 | 144 62% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $86,357) | Abylight Studios |
| | Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon | $12.99 | 116 64% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $45,205) | Aquila Chengdu | |
 | Beetle Uprising | older | $9.99 | 87 72% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,074) | Iocane Games, LLC |
 | Winds & Leaves | older | $29.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $25k (exactly $25,192) | TREBUCHET |
 | Church Simulator | $3.99 | 99 78% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,850) | EY GAMES | |
 | Crazy Designer | older | $7.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | T-Time Technology CO., LTD. |
 | Aviation Manager | older | $5.99 | 11 27% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Light Game |
 | Quest-Top | $7.00 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,470) | Weiser Games | |
 | Idle Income | $5.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Trinket Games | |
 | The Organized Capy God | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Fuz Games | |
 | My Little Cosmos | $1.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | PcZ Games | |
 | Quail Game | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | QuailDev | |
 | [MULTIPLIERS] | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | My Little Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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