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Should I ship a Medical Sim Sandbox?
Sandbox + Medical Sim
Only 11 developers shipped a Medical Sim Sandbox 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, Potion Tycoon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $37k, ×59 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×601 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
|---|---|
| Median | $37k (exactly $36,863) |
| Top 25% | $102k (exactly $101,949) |
| Top 5% | $377k (exactly $377,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sandbox
- 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
- Sandbox, Medical Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 1,392 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.9k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 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 |
 | Potion Tycoon | $19.99 | 629 71% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Snowhound Games | |
 | Weed Shop 2 | older | $9.99 | 845 86% | 25k | $253k (exactly $253,246) | ADhD Studios |
 | Creature Lab | older | $19.99 | 343 51% | 10k | $206k (exactly $205,697) | Image Power S.A. |
 | Emergency Room Simulator | $24.99 | 154 43% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Caipirinha Games | |
 | Real Feel | $19.99 | 170 64% | 5.1k | $102k (exactly $101,949) | Entropy Digital Entertainment | |
 | Fable Hospital | $24.99 | 82 75% | 2.5k | $61k (exactly $61,475) | AMGames TC | |
 | Orgasm Lab Simulator 💦🍌 | $14.99 | 119 69% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | BanzaiProject | |
 | 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. | |
 | Pharma Craft | $6.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ZD Yazilim | |
 | Pharmacy Simulator: Big Pharma | $3.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar | |
 | Mimikaki Collect | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Studio Mimosa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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