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Should I ship a Mining Incremental game?
Mining + Incremental
Of 141 developers who shipped a Mining Incremental game 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.. 207 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.9k, ×8.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $840. Revenue is up 565% on the market; 207 games are announced against 122 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $838 (exactly $838) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.9k (exactly $3,947) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,263) |
| Top 5% | $331k (exactly $331,116) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 141 |
| Released games | 199 |
| Announced | 207 |
| 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 up 565% on the market, supply 480% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mining
- 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
- Mining, Incremental; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Resource Management, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 34,535 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 8 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 207 games are announced against 122 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Mining with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + TradingFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + NatureFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Point & ClickFair
Comparable games
(the) Gnorp Apologue 2023 · $2.0M 
Keep on Mining! 2025 · $1.2M 
To The Core 2023 · $1.2M 
A Game About Feeding A Black Hole 2025 · $727k 
Digseum 2024 · $721k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | (the) Gnorp Apologue | older | $6.99 | 9,613 94% | 288k | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,846) | Myco |
| | Keep on Mining! | $4.99 | 8,300 93% | 249k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,510) | EagleEye Games | |
| | To The Core | older | $7.99 | 5,087 92% | 153k | $1.2M (exactly $1,219,354) | SomethingExtra |
| | A Game About Feeding A Black Hole | $6.99 | 3,467 88% | 104k | $727k (exactly $727,030) | Aarimous, Thornity | |
| | Digseum | $2.99 | 8,033 97% | 241k | $721k (exactly $720,560) | Rat Monthly | |
 | Space Rock Breaker | $2.99 | 4,671 96% | 140k | $419k (exactly $418,989) | WAKA WAKA | |
 | Rock Bottom | $7.99 | 1,747 94% | 52k | $419k (exactly $418,756) | Logan Games | |
 | Keep on Mining! - Worlds | $6.99 | 1,899 80% | 57k | $398k (exactly $398,220) | EagleEye Games | |
 | Click Mage | $4.99 | 2,529 91% | 76k | $379k (exactly $378,591) | Tiny Crow Games | |
 | Galactic Mining Corp | older | $12.99 | 868 84% | 26k | $338k (exactly $338,260) | Windybeard |
 | Dwarf Eats Mountain | $9.99 | 1,114 80% | 33k | $334k (exactly $333,866) | Green Wizard | |
 | Sludgineers | $6.99 | 1,579 87% | 47k | $331k (exactly $331,116) | Snickerdoodle Games, Funk Games | |
 | Fracture Field | $6.99 | 1,196 75% | 36k | $251k (exactly $250,801) | Type Ten |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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