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Should I ship a Noir Life Sim?
Life Sim + Noir
Only 11 developers shipped a Noir Life 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, My Hotel, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×43 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $535 (exactly $535) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $20,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.00 |
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 90% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Price point
- $7.00 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 68% positive over 144 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicStrong odds
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- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
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Comparable games
The Longest Road on Earth 2021 · $168k 
NewCity 2020 · EA · $120k 
Angel's Awakening 2022 · $65k 
Crowd Simulator 2019 · $36k 
My Hotel 2024 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Longest Road on Earth | older | $9.99 | 562 77% | 17k | $168k (exactly $168,431) | Brainwash Gang, TLR Games |
| | NewCity | · EA older | $9.99 | 400 55% | 12k | $120k (exactly $119,880) | Lone Pine Games, LLC |
| | Angel's Awakening | older | $12.99 | 166 75% | 5.0k | $65k (exactly $64,690) | HFTGames |
| | Crowd Simulator | older | $2.99 | 399 71% | 12k | $36k (exactly $35,790) | ZHANG FAN, SHEN JIAWEI |
| | My Hotel | $16.99 | 40 30% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $20,388) | BrainSwapper | |
 | I live under your house. | older | $1.99 | 305 80% | 9.2k | $18k (exactly $18,208) | SpoocleMacBoogle |
 | Apartment Story | $7.00 | 55 94% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,550) | Blue Rider Interactive | |
 | CaveFiction | older | $5.99 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $6.5k (exactly $6,469) | jiangli, GooodMon |
 | Virago World | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Honest Chronicle | |
 | Pixel Gangsters: Mafia Manager | older | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gidib Games |
 | Octopus Goulash | $12.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Alessio Serenellini | |
 | Noire Police Detective: Gangster Drama Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Meraki Tech |
 | The Lion Gambles Everything He Owns | $0.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Simba | |
 | 100 for Justice | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Cartoon Rocket Games | |
 | Smogshadow Hunter 2 | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | Police Chief Simulator | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Perfect Circle Team S.A. | |
 | Gomi Mandara Daradara | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | akiyahunter |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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