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Should I ship a Minigames Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Minigames
Only 15 developers shipped a Minigames Immersive Sim 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, Ugoku Sushi Bar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $24k, ×16 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $7.4k. Revenue is up 165% on the market; 11 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.1 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) |
|---|---|
| Median | $24k (exactly $24,284) |
| Top 25% | $58k (exactly $57,676) |
| Top 5% | $123k (exactly $123,145) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 165% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Minigames
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,546 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $7.5k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Time TravelFair
Comparable games
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021 · $28M 
American Theft 80s 2022 · $617k 
Rover Mechanic Simulator 2020 · $135k 
Ugoku Sushi Bar 2026 · $123k 
Lust Sisters 🔞 2025 · $97k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $24.99 | 36,950 95% | 1.1M | $28M (exactly $27,701,415) | Red Dot Games |
| | American Theft 80s | older | $19.99 | 1,029 73% | 31k | $617k (exactly $617,091) | Noble Muffins |
| | Rover Mechanic Simulator | older | $11.99 | 376 82% | 11k | $135k (exactly $135,247) | ▲ Pyramid Games |
| | Ugoku Sushi Bar | $12.99 | 316 88% | 9.5k | $123k (exactly $123,145) | Rogue Duck Interactive | |
| | Lust Sisters 🔞 | $14.99 | 215 67% | 6.5k | $97k (exactly $96,686) | Carnality INC | |
 | Happy Endings | $6.99 | 429 86% | 13k | $90k (exactly $89,961) | Late Night Studios | |
 | OnlyFuck - RuRu's Adventures | older | $9.99 | 233 59% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | NSFW18 Games |
 | Seclusa | $12.99 | 148 97% | 4.4k | $58k (exactly $57,676) | Studio Niente | |
 | Sex Industry XXX | $9.99 | 160 62% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,952) | Lust Desires 🖤 | |
 | SEXNATURAL: MILFs Must Be Filled 😈💦 | $14.99 | 100 84% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,970) | Juicy Peach Games 🍑 | |
 | FRESHMAN: Project SEX 🔞 | $14.99 | 80 73% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Lewd Star | |
 | Garage Flipper | $14.99 | 54 37% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $24,284) | Farmind Studio | |
 | World Tree Ranch: Elven Legacy | $16.99 | 21 57% | 630 | $11k (exactly $10,704) | Closed Garden | |
 | SickWay VR | $12.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $9.0k (exactly $8,963) | ALIEN studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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