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Management + Medical Sim
Of 31 developers who shipped a Medical Sim Management game 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.. 49 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.8k, ×6.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×684 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 49 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,162) |
| Top 5% | $430k (exactly $429,811) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 66 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 110% 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.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management, Medical Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Choices Matter, Economy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 3,810 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 6 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Two Point Hospital 2018 · $24M 
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
112 Operator 2020 · $4.3M 
Let's School 2023 · $3.5M 
Bio Inc. Redemption 2018 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Two Point Hospital | older | $29.99 | 26,638 92% | 799k | $24M (exactly $23,966,209) | Two Point Studios |
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | 112 Operator | older | $24.99 | 5,688 88% | 171k | $4.3M (exactly $4,264,294) | Jutsu Games |
| | Let's School | older | $19.99 | 5,887 92% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,530,434) | Pathea Games |
| | Bio Inc. Redemption | older | $12.99 | 3,051 87% | 92k | $1.2M (exactly $1,188,975) | DryGin Studios |
 | Big Pharma | older | $24.99 | 1,443 78% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,817) | Twice Circled |
 | Weedcraft Inc | older | $19.99 | 1,549 79% | 46k | $929k (exactly $928,935) | Vile Monarch |
 | War Hospital | older | $29.99 | 1,006 60% | 30k | $905k (exactly $905,098) | Brave Lamb Studio S.A. |
 | Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator | $29.99 | 993 50% | 30k | $893k (exactly $893,402) | Aesir Interactive | |
 | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
 | Do No Harm | $15.99 | 896 74% | 27k | $430k (exactly $429,811) | Darts Games | |
 | Potion Tycoon | $19.99 | 629 71% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Snowhound Games | |
 | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
 | Fable Hospital | $24.99 | 82 75% | 2.5k | $61k (exactly $61,475) | AMGames TC | |
 | Prescribe and Pray | $11.99 | 71 70% | 2.1k | $26k (exactly $25,539) | Nuclear Rabbits | |
 | Big Bad Pharma | $6.99 | 92 84% | 2.8k | $19k (exactly $19,292) | Middlewood Studio | |
 | Doctor Life Simulator | $4.99 | 128 62% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,162) | Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games… (Bleeding Edge Studio, Blackburne Games Studio FZ LLC) | |
 | Pharmacy Store Simulator | $8.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $16k (exactly $16,182) | Art Games Studio S.A. | |
 | Dead 4 Now: Bio-Weapon Simulator | $14.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | d'Evo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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