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Should I ship a Typing Life Sim?
Life Sim + Typing
Only 19 developers shipped a Typing 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, S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $970k, ×2053 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 28 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) |
| Top 5% | $975k (exactly $975,383) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.49 |
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 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $5.49 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cozy, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.49.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,517 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 14 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
- + LogicFair
- + ZombiesFair
Comparable games
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH 2025 · $975k 
Influent Language Learning Game 2014 · $584k 
Progressbar95 2020 · $520k 
Anonymous Hacker Simulator 2024 · $444k 
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) 2024 · $379k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH | $13.99 | 2,324 90% | 70k | $975k (exactly $975,383) | U0U Games | |
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
| | Progressbar95 | older | $4.99 | 3,473 96% | 104k | $520k (exactly $519,908) | Igor Uduslivii |
| | Anonymous Hacker Simulator | older | $19.99 | 741 85% | 22k | $444k (exactly $444,378) | Sicarius |
| | Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) | $19.99 | 632 92% | 19k | $379k (exactly $379,010) | Popcannibal | |
 | IT Specialist Simulator | · EA | $13.99 | 433 74% | 13k | $182k (exactly $181,730) | Pixel Team RED |
 | CozyTyper | older | $4.99 | 327 94% | 9.8k | $49k (exactly $48,952) | silly little games |
 | Gordon Streaman 2 | older | $12.99 | 56 71% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,823) | Brouillard |
 | WonderLang Spanish | $24.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $15k (exactly $14,994) | bair games | |
 | Author Sim | $8.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | EssyTheSlug | |
 | Torrent Empire | $7.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Steel Games | |
 | Your Succubus | $6.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Easyfun Studio | |
 | Hamster Talk | $4.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | LINE Games Corporation | |
 | OneDay:Eastern Gardens and Wilds(Lofi) | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | 猫可力游戏_MoreCreative | |
 | MyBiz: Pomodoro Desk Tycoon | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Bizpro Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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