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Should I ship a Modern-Day Inventory Management game?
Inventory Management + Modern
Of 48 developers who shipped a Modern-Day Inventory Management 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.. 63 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×19 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $10M, ×21707 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 63 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Top 25% | $52k (exactly $52,052) |
| Top 5% | $10M (exactly $10,310,721) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 48 |
| Released games | 81 |
| Announced | 63 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Inventory Management; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Immersive Sim, Life Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 156,983 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 63 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Resident Evil Requiem 2026 · $225M 
PC Building Simulator 2019 · $25M 
Big Ambitions 2026 · $11M 
Car For Sale Simulator 2024 · $10M 
Car Dealer Simulator 2025 · $5.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resident Evil Requiem | $69.99 | 106,931 95% | 3.2M | $225M (exactly $224,523,021) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | PC Building Simulator | older | $19.99 | 42,153 93% | 1.3M | $25M (exactly $25,279,154) | Claudiu Kiss, The Irregular Corporation |
| | Big Ambitions | $25.99 | 14,003 92% | 420k | $11M (exactly $10,918,139) | Hovgaard Games | |
| | Car For Sale Simulator | $16.99 | 20,229 78% | 607k | $10M (exactly $10,310,721) | Red Axe Games | |
| | Car Dealer Simulator | $19.99 | 9,831 88% | 295k | $5.9M (exactly $5,895,651) | Garage Monkeys | |
 | Car Dealership Simulator 2 | · EA | $14.99 | 2,374 69% | 71k | $1.1M (exactly $1,067,588) | Quadfix Games |
 | Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes | $14.99 | 1,921 90% | 58k | $864k (exactly $863,874) | Cats Who Play | |
 | Dagger Directive | $19.99 | 802 83% | 24k | $481k (exactly $480,959) | Arcane Alpacas LLC | |
 | Supermarket & Internet Cafe Simulator | older | $14.99 | 847 79% | 25k | $381k (exactly $380,896) | SmartPlayGames |
 | Obsideo | · EA older | $11.99 | 797 61% | 24k | $287k (exactly $286,681) | Kyle's Garage |
 | Copa City: Matchday Manager | $24.99 | 247 72% | 7.4k | $185k (exactly $185,176) | Triple Espresso S.A. | |
 | Gaming Cafe Simulator | $13.99 | 385 83% | 12k | $162k (exactly $161,584) | Prapancha Studios | |
 | Photo Studio Simulator | $14.99 | 260 80% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | JesseMJ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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