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Should I ship a Heist Management game?
Management + Heist
Only 10 developers shipped a Heist 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, Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×5.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×248 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Top 5% | $155k (exactly $155,490) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Heist
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 78% positive over 601 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
112 Operator 2020 · $4.3M 
Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry 2025 · $155k 
Find or be Found 2025 · $28k 
CYBER INTERNET CLUB SIMULATOR 2024 · $14k 
Kitchen Wars 2025 · $6.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 112 Operator | older | $24.99 | 5,688 88% | 171k | $4.3M (exactly $4,264,294) | Jutsu Games |
| | Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry | $12.99 | 399 81% | 12k | $155k (exactly $155,490) | Ritual Interactive | |
| | Find or be Found | $7.99 | 117 69% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $28,045) | Studio Downstairs | |
| | CYBER INTERNET CLUB SIMULATOR | older | $12.99 | 35 40% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $13,640) | EchoVerse Core |
| | Kitchen Wars | $4.99 | 45 80% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Silent Owl | |
 | No Knock | $9.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | No Knock | |
 | Burger Joint | older | $2.99 | 46 100% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | Ishbull Studios |
 | Golden Rails: Harvest of Riddles | older | $6.99 | 19 89% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Alawar Casual |
 | Golden Rails: The heart of the state | $6.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Alawar Casual | |
 | MUMMMASTER! | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Conglomerate 5 |
 | PolyCrime | · EA | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | FoxGameDev |
 | One Last Job | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Triple Eye Games | |
 | Ragamuffins: Feline Fencers | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pocket Money Games | |
 | Mouspionage | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HawtLava Games | |
 | Vaultix | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Damien DOUZANT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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