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Should I ship an Outbreak Sim Life Sim?
Life Sim + Outbreak Sim
Only 16 developers shipped an Outbreak Sim 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, Survival Log, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.1k, ×13 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $890k, ×1880 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 26 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.1k (exactly $6,090) |
| Top 25% | $53k (exactly $52,610) |
| Top 5% | $893k (exactly $893,157) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 26 |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Life Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Outbreak Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim, Outbreak Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 6,524 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 26 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + MusicStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + ZombiesFair
Comparable games
60 Seconds! Reatomized 2019 · $5.5M 
60 Parsecs! 2018 · $992k 
Survival Log 2026 · $893k 
Politics The Game 2025 · $757k 
CURE - A Hospital Simulator 2025 · EA · $249k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 60 Seconds! Reatomized | older | $9.99 | 18,362 94% | 551k | $5.5M (exactly $5,503,091) | Robot Gentleman |
| | 60 Parsecs! | older | $9.99 | 3,310 90% | 99k | $992k (exactly $992,007) | Robot Gentleman |
| | Survival Log | $10.99 | 2,709 82% | 81k | $893k (exactly $893,157) | Midnight Workshop | |
| | Politics The Game | $9.99 | 2,526 95% | 76k | $757k (exactly $757,042) | Simplicity Games | |
| | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
 | ZOMBUTCHER: Monster Business Simulator | $12.99 | 135 69% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $52,610) | ODIUS | |
 | Parasite Infection | older | $7.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Light Dark Deviant |
 | Genesis of a Small God | $17.99 | 61 80% | 1.8k | $33k (exactly $32,922) | Pierre Nury | |
 | Quarantine Zombies: Contamination | $9.99 | 74 48% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | Stones Games | |
 | SuperSorry | $5.99 | 115 74% | 3.5k | $21k (exactly $20,666) | Sun Studio | |
 | Symptoms of Infection | · EA | $3.50 | 58 89% | 1.7k | $6.1k (exactly $6,090) | ORB Research & Broadcasting |
 | 英雄荣光医院 | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Areas R | |
 | Apocalypse Cult Leader | $14.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Noxurtica |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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