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Should I ship a Mythological Inventory Management game?

Inventory Management + Mythology

Of 24 developers who shipped a Mythological 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.. 58 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $770k, ×1235 the market median. Revenue is up 185% on the market; 58 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 185% on the market, 58 announced, ×5.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Inventory Management + Mythology
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 24
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $6.1k → $1.7k → $748 → $1.3k → $24k → $13k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Inventory Management + Mythology: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 24
Bottom 30% $450 (exactly $450)
Median $2.1k (exactly $2,096)
Top 25% $24k (exactly $24,100)
Top 5% $776k (exactly $775,549)
Developers, 2 yr 24
Released games 48
Announced 58
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 up 185% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Mythology
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Inventory Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action, Action RPG
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 20,629 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $2.1k, 1 in 4 over $24k, 1 in 20 over $770k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Inventory Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Job SimulatorStrong odds69 devs · median $15k · 62 announced
  2. + LGBTQ+Fair10 devs · median $17k · 13 announced
  3. + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair43 devs · median $12k · 47 announced
  4. + Artificial IntelligenceFair34 devs · median $11k · 44 announced
  5. + WargameFair21 devs · median $4.6k · 20 announced
  6. + Time ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  7. + DeckbuildingFair98 devs · median $2.5k · 137 announced
  8. + LogicFair70 devs · median $1.7k · 74 announced
  9. + Card GameFair65 devs · median $1.6k · 86 announced
  10. + Trading Card GameFair21 devs · median $1.5k · 28 announced
  11. + Puzzle PlatformerFair20 devs · median $1.1k · 26 announced
  12. + God GameFair16 devs · median $1.1k · 15 announced

All 164 pairs on the Inventory Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Titan Quest II 2025 · EA · $18M Achilles: Legends Untold 2023 · $1.6M Microcivilization 2026 · $776k UMIGARI | ウミガリ 2026 · $401k Diggles: The Myth of Fenris 2020 · $186k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Titan Quest II · EA $34.99 17,398 81% 522k $18M (exactly $18,262,681) Grimlore Games
Achilles: Legends Untold older $24.99 2,149 77% 64k $1.6M (exactly $1,611,105) Dark Point Games
Microcivilization $17.99 1,437 78% 43k $776k (exactly $775,549) Ondrej Homola
UMIGARI | ウミガリ $12.99 1,029 82% 31k $401k (exactly $401,001) Chilla's Art
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris older $9.99 619 89% 19k $186k (exactly $185,514) Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, Genera… (Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, General Arcade)
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) older $11.99 336 92% 10k $121k (exactly $120,859) Locomalito, Gryzor87
The Eastern Sacrifice $9.99 356 55% 11k $107k (exactly $106,693) 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Ash & Rust $19.99 85 63% 2.6k $51k (exactly $50,974) Ash and Rust Studios
Loch Ness · EA older $13.99 104 38% 3.1k $44k (exactly $43,649) JFi Games
Touhou Farming ~ Minoriko's Homestead Harvest · EA $11.99 67 95% 2.0k $24k (exactly $24,100) Studio Hexeye
Idle Cultivation $3.99 142 79% 4.3k $17k (exactly $16,997) Linmios
Vasilisa $6.99 63 74% 1.9k $13k (exactly $13,211) Steppe Hare Studio
Noah's Dilemma $9.99 43 90% 1.3k $13k (exactly $12,887) Guanpeng Chen
Once upon a Dungeon - Infinity $7.99 9 88% 270 $2.2k (exactly $2,157) Koto Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.