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Should I ship a Horse Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Horses

Only 11 developers shipped a Horse Resource 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, Horse Racing Manager, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.1k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.9 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 18 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Horses
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $7.1k → $1.7k (still earning) → $1.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Horses: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $1.0k (exactly $1,048)
Median $1.2k (exactly $1,198)
Top 25% $70k (exactly $69,704)
Top 5% $156k (exactly $155,938)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 34
Announced 18
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Horses
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Resource Management
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 79% positive over 654 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.1k, median $1.2k, 1 in 4 over $69k, 1 in 20 over $150k.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced
  12. + Time TravelFair16 devs · median $600 · 14 announced

All 214 pairs on the Resource Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Depraved 2019 · $677k Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing 2019 · $175k Horse Racing Manager 2025 · EA · $156k Wildlife Park 2 2014 · $106k Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator 2026 · $104k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Depraved older $19.99 1,129 60% 34k $677k (exactly $677,061) Evil Bite
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
Wildlife Park 2 older $6.99 507 71% 15k $106k (exactly $106,318) b-alive gmbh
Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator $17.99 193 89% 5.8k $104k (exactly $104,162) One Slice of Pizza Games
The Pony Factory older $3.99 789 90% 24k $94k (exactly $94,443) David Szymanski, John Szymanski
Ancient Farm $14.99 155 55% 4.7k $70k (exactly $69,704) A2 Softworks
MareQuest: An Interactive Tail older $4.99 360 98% 11k $54k (exactly $53,892) ElectroKaplosion LLC
Wildlife Park older $9.99 96 65% 2.9k $29k (exactly $28,771) b-alive gmbh
Zoo Park Story older $8.99 101 82% 3.0k $27k (exactly $27,240) Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Pass Tiger Cage · EA $6.99 34 61% 1.0k $7.1k (exactly $7,130) 中军MT
Horse Manager $2.99 19 89% 570 $1.7k (exactly $1,704) André Cerqueira
Strange Zoo $4.99 8 100% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Pomerania Games
Giant Horse Feeding $1.99 19 78% 570 $1.1k (exactly $1,134) Jestercraft
Kings of Cratia $4.99 7 100% 210 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) eniscoskun
Teddy Horses · EA $1.99 11 90% 330 $657 (exactly $657) DodoModo, BoppoLoppo
food inc: Home of the Supply · EA $9.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) DreamDeveloper-Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.