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Should I ship an Incremental Job Simulator?
Job Simulator + Incremental
Of 27 developers who shipped an Incremental Job Simulator in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.7k, ×20 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $480k, ×1029 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 31 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.7k (exactly $9,712) |
| Top 25% | $78k (exactly $78,044) |
| Top 5% | $489k (exactly $488,920) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Job Simulator, Incremental; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Economy, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 14,722 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 4 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Job Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationStrong odds
- + NatureStrong odds
- + CollectathonStrong odds
- + BuildingStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Inventory ManagementStrong odds
- + CraftingStrong odds
- + Shop KeeperStrong odds
- + Hidden ObjectStrong odds
- + CapitalismFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Immersive SimFair
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| | Sort Them Ducks | $5.99 | 1,461 92% | 44k | $263k (exactly $262,542) | Mr.Duck | |
| | Data Center | $8.99 | 916 76% | 27k | $247k (exactly $247,045) | Waseku | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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