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Should I ship a Logic Life Sim?
Life Sim + Logic
Of 70 developers who shipped a Logic Life Sim 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.. 74 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 85% on the market; 74 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) |
| Top 5% | $247k (exactly $247,070) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 70 |
| Released games | 150 |
| Announced | 74 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim, Logic; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Economy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 6,183 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 74 games are announced against 37 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + MusicStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
Comparable games
Electrician Simulator 2022 · $2.2M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 2025 · $920k 
Little Rocket Lab 2025 · $771k 
Progressbar95 2020 · $520k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Electrician Simulator | older | $17.99 | 4,061 80% | 122k | $2.2M (exactly $2,191,722) | Take IT Studio! |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | Squeakross: Home Squeak Home | $14.99 | 2,045 98% | 61k | $920k (exactly $919,636) | Alblune | |
| | Little Rocket Lab | $19.99 | 1,286 90% | 39k | $771k (exactly $771,214) | Teenage Astronauts | |
| | Progressbar95 | older | $4.99 | 3,473 96% | 104k | $520k (exactly $519,908) | Igor Uduslivii |
 | Cafe Owner Simulator | older | $18.99 | 862 65% | 26k | $491k (exactly $491,081) | Second Reality |
 | ORDER 13 | $8.99 | 1,224 87% | 37k | $330k (exactly $330,113) | Cybernetic Walrus | |
 | Ultimate Theater Simulator | $12.99 | 634 88% | 19k | $247k (exactly $247,070) | RAKTWO Games, steelbox Games | |
 | Bank Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 367 70% | 11k | $165k (exactly $165,040) | Strong Bow Games |
 | Alchemist Simulator | older | $12.99 | 370 76% | 11k | $144k (exactly $144,189) | Art Games Studio S.A. |
 | Device Doctor Simulator 2024 | $9.99 | 186 62% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Tenacity Games | |
 | Projected Dreams | $14.99 | 112 97% | 3.4k | $50k (exactly $50,366) | Flawberry Studio | |
 | Office Simulator | $9.99 | 152 83% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,554) | Tzn Games | |
 | ShoppingMall: Manager Simulator | $14.99 | 95 45% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Geekon | |
 | Legitimate Space Corp Simulator LLC | $12.99 | 82 69% | 2.5k | $32k (exactly $31,955) | VHornet Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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