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Should I ship a Medical Sim RPG?
RPG + Medical Sim
Only 17 developers shipped a Medical Sim RPG 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, BM General Hospital, 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, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×522 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,425) |
| Top 5% | $328k (exactly $327,910) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 95% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG, Medical Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Building, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,845 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Mind Scanners 2021 · $558k 
BM General Hospital 2025 · $328k 
Lost Scavenger 2022 · EA · $99k 
Oyabu Clinic Deathcare Corporation 2023 · $96k 
The Patient S Remedy 2021 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
| | BM General Hospital | $7.99 | 1,368 86% | 41k | $328k (exactly $327,910) | zzzgame | |
| | Lost Scavenger | · EA older | $14.99 | 220 51% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | Rockbee |
| | Oyabu Clinic Deathcare Corporation | older | $14.99 | 213 93% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $95,786) | Flying Panjandrum / ふらいんぐパンジャンドラム |
| | The Patient S Remedy | older | $39.99 | 50 98% | 1.5k | $60k (exactly $59,985) | MADA labo |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | The city of eyes and the girl in dreamland | $7.99 | 104 85% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,929) | UVKen | |
 | 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) | |
 | Insiders | older | $13.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $17k (exactly $16,788) | ANG People s.r.o. |
 | Animal Doctor | older | $19.99 | 27 25% | 810 | $16k (exactly $16,192) | Caipirinha Games |
 | Live Hard, Die Hard | $4.99 | 83 89% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Asobism.Co.,Ltd | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Rod of Asclepius | $19.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Worcco Arts | |
 | Psyhonds | · EA | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Meriteri Games |
 | Tales of Arcrath | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Codex Games USA | |
 | Fool's Court | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Veras Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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