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Should I ship an Incremental Sports game?
Sports + Incremental
Of 56 developers who shipped an Incremental Sports 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.. 38 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $390 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 34 developers shipped in the last year and 38 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $270 (exactly $270) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,730) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 56 |
| Released games | 184 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 440% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Incremental; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler, Adventure
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 949 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Russian Life Simulator 2019 · $213k 
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OnlyFap: Fitness Baby 🔞💦 2022 · $44k 
Sex Gym 3D 2022 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Adorables | older | $29.99 | 502 80% | 15k | $452k (exactly $451,649) | White Rabbit |
| | Russian Life Simulator | older | $0.99 | 7,156 88% | 215k | $213k (exactly $212,533) | GosDev Production |
| | Iron Carnage | $39.99 | 91 91% | 2.7k | $109k (exactly $109,173) | Andrew Monteiro B | |
| | OnlyFap: Fitness Baby 🔞💦 | older | $6.99 | 211 62% | 6.3k | $44k (exactly $44,247) | BanzaiProject |
| | Sex Gym 3D | older | $9.99 | 118 47% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,365) | Pirates Of The Digital Sea |
 | Desktop Fishing | $3.49 | 333 91% | 10k | $35k (exactly $34,865) | Ostend Games | |
 | 3D Math - Ultra | older | $4.99 | 218 92% | 6.5k | $33k (exactly $32,635) | Big Mind Games 9000 |
 | Wonderputt Forever | older | $9.99 | 108 84% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,368) | Damp Gnat |
 | Sexercise Club | $7.99 | 99 77% | 3.0k | $24k (exactly $23,730) | Dreamers Workshop | |
 | Score a goal (Physical football) | older | $2.99 | 247 66% | 7.4k | $22k (exactly $22,156) | BulatHard |
 | Goal Idle | · EA | $6.99 | 101 74% | 3.0k | $21k (exactly $21,180) | Royue Games |
 | Lazy Kickers | $2.99 | 85 90% | 2.6k | $7.6k (exactly $7,625) | Sos Sosowski | |
 | Moorhuhn 2 | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Coastal Summit Sports: College Athletics 27 | $9.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Coastal Summit Sports | |
 | Swish Ball Clicker | $7.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Broad Street Indie Games | |
 | Gold ’n Goal | $2.99 | 34 55% | 1.0k | $3.1k (exactly $3,050) | Frog Hammer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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