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Should I ship a Medical Sim Resource Management game?
Medical Sim + Resource Management
Of 20 developers who shipped a Medical Sim Resource 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.9k, ×8.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×794 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) |
| Top 25% | $37k (exactly $36,863) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $377,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Resource Management
- 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
- Medical Sim, Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Economy
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 2,138 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Medical Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + PuzzleFair
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Point & ClickPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
Big Pharma 2015 · $1.1M 
Weedcraft Inc 2019 · $929k 
Potion Tycoon 2024 · $377k 
CURE - A Hospital Simulator 2025 · EA · $249k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
 | Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator | · EA older | $11.99 | 260 73% | 7.8k | $94k (exactly $93,522) | Jarrod Brown |
 | Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management | older | $19.99 | 144 62% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $86,357) | Abylight Studios |
 | Pharmacy Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 244 57% | 7.3k | $73k (exactly $73,127) | Altai Entertainment |
 | Angel Engine | $7.99 | 303 80% | 9.1k | $73k (exactly $72,629) | HMS Studios, Black Lantern Collective | |
 | Fable Hospital | $24.99 | 82 75% | 2.5k | $61k (exactly $61,475) | AMGames TC | |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | 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 | |
 | Sim Hospital | $7.99 | 44 50% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $10,547) | Dao Studio | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Real Pharmacy Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Mannered Monster |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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