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Should I ship a Robot Inventory Management game?

Inventory Management + Robots

Only 16 developers shipped a Robot Inventory Management game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Cargo Hunters, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $440k, ×706 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 10% on the market, 38 announced, ×3.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Inventory Management + Robots
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $599 → $2.5k → $300 → $17k (still earning) → $1.6k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Inventory Management + Robots: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $1.6k (exactly $1,556)
Top 25% $22k (exactly $22,178)
Top 5% $443k (exactly $443,178)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 46
Announced 38
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 10% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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
Robots
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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Building, Co-op
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,708 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $1.6k, 1 in 4 over $22k, 1 in 20 over $440k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 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

Haydee 2 2020 · $1.2M Cargo Hunters 2026 · EA · $443k FRONT MISSION 2: Remake 2024 · $366k World End Diner 2025 · $212k Sky End Market 2025 · EA · $93k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Haydee 2 older $24.99 1,649 87% 49k $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) Haydee Interactive
Cargo Hunters · EA $19.99 739 82% 22k $443k (exactly $443,178) Order Of Meta
FRONT MISSION 2: Remake older $34.99 349 57% 10k $366k (exactly $366,345) Storm Trident S.A.
World End Diner $16.99 415 93% 12k $212k (exactly $211,525) Andymente
Sky End Market · EA $18.99 164 96% 4.9k $93k (exactly $93,431) Andymente
MycoRelic · EA $14.99 166 89% 5.0k $75k (exactly $74,650) Sandy Dingo Games
Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER older $5.99 268 64% 8.0k $48k (exactly $48,160) Ash Game Studio
The Last Craftsman $9.99 74 94% 2.2k $22k (exactly $22,178) AuraTummyache
Golemworks $6.99 82 90% 2.5k $17k (exactly $17,195) evilalbert
INSANIO $9.99 48 66% 1.4k $14k (exactly $14,386) somebody
Triptych Book I: Blockhead · EA $13.99 6 66% 180 $2.5k (exactly $2,518) Mords, Tootsie
RoboDeal Simulator $3.99 13 92% 390 $1.6k (exactly $1,556) Dual Cluster Studios
Forsaken Struggle · EA $9.99 1 100% 30 $300 (exactly $300) Saragan Games Limited

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