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Should I ship a Medieval Mining game?
Mining + Medieval
Of 30 developers who shipped a Medieval Mining 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.. 37 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.4k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×797 the market median. Revenue is up 50% on the market; 37 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,592) |
| Top 5% | $379k (exactly $378,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 50% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Mining; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Resource Management, Simulation
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 60% positive over 17,168 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mining with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + TradingFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + NatureFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
The Quinfall 2026 · $3.6M 
Click Mage 2025 · $379k 
My Little Blacksmith Shop 2025 · $333k 
Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith 2026 · $268k 
9th Dawn III 2020 · $240k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Quinfall | $9.99 | 12,073 50% | 362k | $3.6M (exactly $3,618,278) | Vawraek Technology Inc. | |
| | Click Mage | $4.99 | 2,529 91% | 76k | $379k (exactly $378,591) | Tiny Crow Games | |
| | My Little Blacksmith Shop | $9.99 | 1,111 69% | 33k | $333k (exactly $332,967) | Dasius, Noble Games Studio | |
| | Medieval Crafter: Blacksmith | $11.99 | 745 76% | 22k | $268k (exactly $267,976) | Compact Core Games | |
| | 9th Dawn III | older | $15.99 | 501 87% | 15k | $240k (exactly $240,330) | Valorware |
 | Beneath the Mountain | older | $24.99 | 196 63% | 5.9k | $147k (exactly $146,941) | Omnis Rector Studios |
 | Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator | $17.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | One Slice of Pizza Games | |
 | Between Adventures IDLE | · EA | $7.99 | 319 71% | 9.6k | $76k (exactly $76,464) | Loop Forge |
 | RFVR | · EA older | $29.99 | 49 81% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | OMFGames |
 | Alnico Smithery | · EA | $14.99 | 98 82% | 2.9k | $44k (exactly $44,071) | Pinapl |
 | The Traveller Tale | $19.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $16k (exactly $15,592) | Mystic Dream Studio's | |
 | Flow Of War | $12.99 | 40 85% | 1.2k | $16k (exactly $15,588) | Rongcon Games | |
 | QUESTSCAPE: Survival | $11.99 | 34 64% | 1.0k | $12k (exactly $12,230) | ScapeCompany |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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