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Should I ship an Online Co-Op Job Simulator?
Online Co-Op + Job Simulator
Of 27 developers who shipped an Online Co-Op Job 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.. 45 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $46k, ×30 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $15k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.8M, ×1935 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 45 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
|---|---|
| Median | $46k (exactly $45,554) |
| Top 25% | $265k (exactly $264,873) |
| Top 5% | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 45 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Online Co-Op
- effort 8 / 10 · low · netcode, lobbies and state sync across machines
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Online Co-Op, Job Simulator; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Co-op, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 22,972 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $15k. 2 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
Fast Food Simulator 2024 · EA · $3.9M 
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad 2020 · $3.2M 
Storage Hunter Simulator 2025 · $2.9M 
Feed the Cups 2024 · EA · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | Fast Food Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 8,653 86% | 260k | $3.9M (exactly $3,891,254) | No Ceiling Games |
| | Firefighting Simulator - The Squad | older | $24.99 | 4,287 82% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,213,964) | Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware |
| | Storage Hunter Simulator | $24.99 | 3,866 78% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) | Raccoons Studio | |
| | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
 | AirportSim | older | $34.99 | 1,412 67% | 42k | $1.5M (exactly $1,482,176) | MS GAMES, MK STUDIOS |
 | Alchemy Factory | $17.99 | 2,529 87% | 76k | $1.4M (exactly $1,364,901) | D5 Copperhead | |
 | Galaxy Burger | older | $11.99 | 2,456 96% | 74k | $883k (exactly $883,423) | Galactic Workshop |
 | Supermarket Chaos | $4.99 | 3,266 92% | 98k | $489k (exactly $488,920) | BunnyHop | |
 | Fuel Harvest Together | $13.99 | 879 69% | 26k | $369k (exactly $368,916) | Say2Sun | |
 | The House Always Wins | $12.99 | 866 85% | 26k | $337k (exactly $337,480) | Toxic Studio | |
 | Anime Shop Simulator ✨ | $14.99 | 589 73% | 18k | $265k (exactly $264,873) | One More Time | |
 | A Game About Chopping Trees | $7.99 | 1,083 85% | 32k | $260k (exactly $259,595) | Space Raccoon Game Studio | |
 | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
 | Pizza House Simulator🍕 | $12.99 | 411 87% | 12k | $160k (exactly $160,167) | Broken Lyre Entertainment, Wendigo Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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