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Should I ship an Inventory Management Space Sim?
Space Sim + Inventory Management
Only 16 developers shipped an Inventory Management Space Sim 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, Astrometica, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 52 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×2781 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 52 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,746,326) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 52 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Inventory Management
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,629 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 52 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Astrometica 2024 · EA · $1.7M 
Ancient Space 2014 · $162k 
Vanguard Galaxy 2025 · EA · $152k 
Archean 2024 · EA · $145k 
Space Mechanic Simulator 2023 · $69k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Astrometica | · EA | $19.99 | 2,912 82% | 87k | $1.7M (exactly $1,746,326) | BeryMery |
| | Ancient Space | older | $19.99 | 270 42% | 8.1k | $162k (exactly $161,919) | CreativeForge Games |
| | Vanguard Galaxy | · EA | $8.99 | 565 90% | 17k | $152k (exactly $152,380) | Bat Roost Games |
| | Archean | · EA older | $19.99 | 241 87% | 7.2k | $145k (exactly $144,528) | batcholi, FloDKSM |
| | Space Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 115 60% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Atomic Jelly |
 | Eternal Starlight VR | older | $14.99 | 69 89% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | White Noise Games |
 | Above Earth | · EA older | $17.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $21k (exactly $21,048) | Steven Eric Boyette |
 | INTERASTRA: Planet Survival | · EA older | $13.99 | 37 51% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,529) | T-Bull |
 | Spaceport Trading Company | · EA older | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Digital Tectonics, LLC |
 | Triton Survival | $14.99 | 27 70% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | Family Devs | |
 | Null Hørizøn | $9.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | HopefullyHeroic | |
 | Wrath and Retribution | $9.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Mad Vulture Games | |
 | Periapsis: Gravity Slingshot | $5.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $4.9k (exactly $4,852) | PcZ Games | |
 | Space Supermarket Simulator | $9.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Mythforge Games | |
 | RoboDeal Simulator | $3.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | Dual Cluster Studios | |
 | Hexfactory | $4.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Aquila Industrial | |
 | Space War Economy Idle | $4.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Chasm Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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