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Should I ship a Party-Based RPG Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Party-Based RPG
Only 16 developers shipped a Party-Based RPG 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, Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×1.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $3.7M, ×2529 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,136) |
| Top 5% | $3.8M (exactly $3,788,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, 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
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Party-Based RPG; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Character Customization, Simulation, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 8,862 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Kenshi 2018 · $89M 
Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator 2026 · $3.8M 
THE 4 SINS 2024 · $1.0M 
FLAM EVAW 2025 · $413k 
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017 · $165k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kenshi | older | $29.99 | 98,451 95% | 3.0M | $89M (exactly $88,576,365) | Lo-Fi Games |
| | Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator | $17.99 | 7,019 83% | 211k | $3.8M (exactly $3,788,154) | Biotech Gameworks | |
| | THE 4 SINS | older | $9.99 | 3,377 23% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) | 奇门互娱 |
| | FLAM EVAW | $9.99 | 1,378 95% | 41k | $413k (exactly $412,987) | 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司 | |
| | Brigand: Oaxaca | older | $9.99 | 551 94% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,135) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) |
 | Ascent of Ashes | · EA | $14.99 | 268 68% | 8.0k | $121k (exactly $120,520) | Vivid Storm Interactive |
 | The Wolf | older | $9.99 | 186 68% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Good Luck Games |
 | 心动满屋 | older | $3.99 | 218 75% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $26,095) | 成都萌创科技有限公司 |
 | 三国英雄列传 (Legendary Heros in the Three Kingdoms) | older | $8.99 | 50 70% | 1.5k | $13k (exactly $13,485) | Flying Star Games |
 | GhostCatcher | · EA | $8.99 | 45 51% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $12,136) | SilverLuna Rift |
 | Animal Simulator | $8.99 | 39 30% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $10,518) | Imperian Online - Core | |
 | 尸来运转-Lucky Zombie Survival | $3.99 | 86 86% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,294) | Kwing works | |
 | Guardian's Guide | $19.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Allugic LLC | |
 | Guild & Gals | $6.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Tuomo Laine | |
 | Jerico Proxyma - Zsivanyur | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Stranded Island | $7.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Circlesgames, Chukwuemeka igbokwe azogu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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