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Should I ship a Time Management Medical Sim?
Medical Sim + Time Management
Only 14 developers shipped a Time Management Medical 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, Do No Harm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×905 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $37k (exactly $36,863) |
| Top 5% | $430k (exactly $429,811) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 85% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Medical Sim, Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Resource Management, Life Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 2,342 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
112 Operator 2020 · $4.3M 
Let's School 2023 · $3.5M 
Accident 2021 · $657k 
Mind Scanners 2021 · $558k 
Galacticare 2024 · $540k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Accident | older | $14.99 | 1,462 76% | 44k | $657k (exactly $657,461) | Duality Games, Spirit Games Studio |
| | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
| | Galacticare | older | $29.99 | 600 85% | 18k | $540k (exactly $539,820) | Brightrock Games |
 | Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal | older | $19.99 | 807 93% | 24k | $484k (exactly $483,958) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
 | Do No Harm | $15.99 | 896 74% | 27k | $430k (exactly $429,811) | Darts Games | |
 | CURE - A Hospital Simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 830 86% | 25k | $249k (exactly $248,751) | Sentinel Games |
 | Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat | older | $19.99 | 328 95% | 9.8k | $197k (exactly $196,702) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
 | Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath | older | $19.99 | 181 62% | 5.4k | $109k (exactly $108,546) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
 | Angel Engine | $7.99 | 303 80% | 9.1k | $73k (exactly $72,629) | HMS Studios, Black Lantern Collective | |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper 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) | |
 | Sim Hospital | $7.99 | 44 50% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $10,547) | Dao Studio | |
 | Pharmacy Simulator: Big Pharma | $3.99 | 14 50% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar | |
 | Tales of Arcrath | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Codex Games USA | |
 | Malpractice Hospital | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Jason Hodge Games | |
 | Royal Dental | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Visionaire Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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