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Should I ship a Mining Hunting game?
Hunting + Mining
Only 10 developers shipped a Mining Hunting 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 Quinfall, 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, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.8k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,267) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 48660% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Mining
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 52% positive over 13,189 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Rising World 2014 · EA · $2.4M 
Alaska Gold Fever 2026 · $489k 
9th Dawn III 2020 · $240k 
Eden Island 2024 · $104k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Rising World | · EA older | $14.99 | 5,310 85% | 159k | $2.4M (exactly $2,387,907) | JIW-Games |
| | Alaska Gold Fever | $16.99 | 959 79% | 29k | $489k (exactly $488,802) | Baked Games | |
| | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
| | Eden Island | older | $14.99 | 232 58% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | Moon Studio |
 | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
 | Ice World | $9.99 | 111 57% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | CoolRabbit Games | |
 | Hazeron Starship | older | $19.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Hazeron Freehold LLC |
 | PostCollapse | older | $7.99 | 127 56% | 3.8k | $30k (exactly $30,442) | Ambiera |
 | Fallen Angel: Hell Survival | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Strongfinger | |
 | Wild West Survival | · EA older | $19.99 | 15 46% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Altair Games LLC |
 | Crazy Caveman | · EA | $4.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Caveman Game |
 | Undefined Survivors -アンディファインド サバイバーズ- | · EA | $29.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Runpath Inc. |
 | The Hunter's Path | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | JustWallWireHead Games | |
 | Monster Mine Clash | $2.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Zer0 Se7en | |
 | Gravenfall: Veil of Darkness | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kyle Rogstad | |
 | Otherwise | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MonstrCorp |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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