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Should I ship a Physics Hunting game?
Hunting + Physics
Only 12 developers shipped a Physics 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, Deathground, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.8k, ×6.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×628 the market median. Revenue is up 3010% on the market; 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,991) |
| Top 5% | $394k (exactly $394,387) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 3010% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Physics
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 59% positive over 1,073 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator 2024 · EA · $1.1M 
Deathground 2025 · EA · $394k 
Survival Nation 2023 · $211k 
Park Ranger Simulator 2026 · $37k 
Neolithic Dawn 2025 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,835 91% | 55k | $1.1M (exactly $1,100,450) | Pentacle |
| | Deathground | · EA | $14.99 | 877 61% | 26k | $394k (exactly $394,387) | Jaw Drop Games |
| | Survival Nation | older | $29.99 | 235 70% | 7.1k | $211k (exactly $211,430) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. |
| | Park Ranger Simulator | $14.99 | 82 17% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $36,875) | Polygon Art | |
| | Neolithic Dawn | $19.99 | 30 60% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Neolithic LLC | |
 | Huntin' Buddies | $7.99 | 52 76% | 1.6k | $12k (exactly $12,464) | Huntin' Buddies Wildlife Management | |
 | Goo Deer | $14.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | VML Studios | |
 | ADAPTR | older | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | ProjectorGames |
 | Corrupted Hospital : Part1 | older | $2.99 | 65 61% | 2.0k | $5.8k (exactly $5,830) | MINO ENTERTAINMENT INC |
 | Birds Hunter | · EA | $17.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Bassel Laoun |
 | Spearfishing Simulator | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Riv3r | |
 | Bird Simulator 24 | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | PROJECT RAGDOLL | |
 | Isle of the Eagle | $2.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | More K Games LLC | |
 | Master Bobber | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Michael Medearis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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