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Should I ship a Horse Management game?
Management + Horses
Only 15 developers shipped a Horse 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, The Ranch of Rivershine, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $25k, ×39 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.8M, ×2937 the market median. Revenue is up 830% on the market; 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) |
|---|---|
| Median | $25k (exactly $24,588) |
| Top 25% | $156k (exactly $155,938) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 830% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Horses
- 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
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 6,573 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.4k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Farming Simulator 22 2021 · $42M 
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition 2020 · $4.5M 
The Ranch of Rivershine 2025 · $1.8M 
Horsey Game 2026 · $872k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Farming Simulator 22 | older | $19.99 | 69,477 93% | 2.1M | $42M (exactly $41,665,357) | GIANTS Software |
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition | older | $29.99 | 5,032 91% | 151k | $4.5M (exactly $4,527,290) | PikPok |
| | The Ranch of Rivershine | $29.99 | 2,050 94% | 62k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) | Cozy Bee Games | |
| | Horsey Game | $9.99 | 2,911 97% | 87k | $872k (exactly $872,427) | Captain Games | |
 | Depraved | older | $19.99 | 1,129 60% | 34k | $677k (exactly $677,061) | Evil Bite |
 | Saloon Simulator | · EA | $18.99 | 860 89% | 26k | $490k (exactly $489,942) | Glivi Games S.A. |
 | Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing | older | $34.99 | 167 77% | 5.0k | $175k (exactly $175,300) | Strategic Designs Ltd. |
 | Horse Racing Manager | · EA | $24.99 | 208 88% | 6.2k | $156k (exactly $155,938) | Sheep Meadow Road Games |
 | My Riding Stables: Life with Horses | older | $14.99 | 244 88% | 7.3k | $110k (exactly $109,727) | Sproing |
 | Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator | $17.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | One Slice of Pizza Games | |
 | Ancient Farm | $14.99 | 155 55% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $69,704) | A2 Softworks | |
 | Tobiano | · EA | $24.99 | 81 79% | 2.4k | $61k (exactly $60,726) | Ida Meyer |
 | Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition | $19.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | PikPok | |
 | Horse Farm Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 45 60% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Glow Egg Games |
 | Animal Trainer Simulator | $14.99 | 29 37% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Games Incubator |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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