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Should I ship an Inventory Management Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Inventory Management
Of 35 developers who shipped an Inventory Management Walking Simulator 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.. 83 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×364 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 83 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 5% | $173k (exactly $172,763) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 55% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Walking Simulator, Inventory Management; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Immersive Sim, Life Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Relaxing, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 3,375 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
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Comparable games
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 2025 · $1.2M 
Plane Mechanic Simulator 2024 · $561k 
Don't Be Afraid 2020 · $240k 
Disillusion ST 2024 · $173k 
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator 2025 · $172k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 | $19.99 | 2,077 66% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,245,577) | Silent Bear Studio, SHINING GAMES | |
| | Plane Mechanic Simulator | older | $11.99 | 1,561 56% | 47k | $561k (exactly $561,492) | Cobble Games, Disaster Studio |
| | Don't Be Afraid | older | $9.99 | 801 81% | 24k | $240k (exactly $240,060) | Limo Games, Broken Arrow Games |
| | Disillusion ST | $10.99 | 524 96% | 16k | $173k (exactly $172,763) | Disillusion Dev, Disillusion Dev | |
| | Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator | $13.99 | 411 85% | 12k | $172k (exactly $172,497) | Purple Heads Games | |
 | Left Alone | older | $6.99 | 592 74% | 18k | $124k (exactly $124,142) | SpeedTutor |
 | Mushroom Season | · EA older | $14.99 | 270 90% | 8.1k | $121k (exactly $121,419) | Actus Games |
 | Climber: Sky is the Limit | older | $21.99 | 142 69% | 4.3k | $94k (exactly $93,677) | A2 Softworks, Art Games Studio S.A. |
 | Colossal Cave | older | $24.99 | 87 90% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Cygnus Entertainment |
 | ANIME STANDING | older | $0.99 | 1,406 85% | 42k | $42k (exactly $41,758) | Konnichiwa Games |
 | Tech Store Simulator | $9.99 | 103 61% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Astrasoft | |
 | Biztopia | · EA | $7.99 | 105 68% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,168) | Lymo Games |
 | Record Shop Simulator | $8.99 | 40 70% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $10,788) | Octane Owl | |
 | House Cleaner Simulator | $5.99 | 57 50% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,243) | Digital Melody | |
 | The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition | $9.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | {CRYTIME} | |
 | Card Collection Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | Cluck Games, LLC |
 | Space Supermarket Simulator | $9.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Mythforge Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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