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Should I ship a Medieval Walking Simulator?
Walking Simulator + Medieval
Of 49 developers who shipped a Medieval Walking Simulator 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.. 43 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 43 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,456) |
| Top 5% | $135k (exactly $134,910) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 49 |
| Released games | 115 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Medieval
- 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
- Walking Simulator; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,956 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Walking Simulator with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WarFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + MusicFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
A Plague Tale: Innocence 2019 · $76M 
TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer 2026 · $229k 
The End of the Sun 2025 · $171k 
A Merchant's Promise 2025 · EA · $135k 
ALTF42 2024 · $119k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A Plague Tale: Innocence | older | $39.99 | 63,166 93% | 1.9M | $76M (exactly $75,780,250) | Asobo Studio |
| | TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer | $4.99 | 1,528 78% | 46k | $229k (exactly $228,742) | AZAMATIKA | |
| | The End of the Sun | $24.99 | 228 97% | 6.8k | $171k (exactly $170,932) | The End of the Sun Forge | |
| | A Merchant's Promise | · EA | $14.99 | 300 86% | 9.0k | $135k (exactly $134,910) | Game Draft Studio |
| | ALTF42 | older | $7.99 | 495 75% | 15k | $119k (exactly $118,652) | PUMPKIM |
 | Mystic Academy: Escape Room | older | $10.99 | 224 75% | 6.7k | $74k (exactly $73,853) | mc2games |
 | Gnomes and Knights | $4.99 | 372 77% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,688) | Terletski Games | |
 | Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire | older | $14.99 | 71 66% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Whale Hammer Games |
 | Emilia's PLAYROOM | older | $15.99 | 63 49% | 1.9k | $30k (exactly $30,221) | Marmalade Star |
 | Village Merchant | $14.99 | 60 68% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | Beast Games S. A., Console Labs S. A. | |
 | Ember Seeker | $7.99 | 90 91% | 2.7k | $22k (exactly $21,573) | Lehti E. | |
 | Chopped Up | $4.99 | 123 95% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,413) | Dekaizen Studios LLC | |
 | Jester: A Foolish Ritual | $4.99 | 103 88% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,419) | Fire Foot Studios | |
 | Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room | $12.99 | 38 84% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Biri Biri | |
 | The Old Flesh of Nuraga | $3.99 | 114 94% | 3.4k | $14k (exactly $13,646) | Studio Ortica |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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