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Sailing + Nature
Of 22 developers who shipped a Nature Sailing 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.. 54 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×629 the market median. Revenue is up 225% on the market; 54 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) |
| Top 5% | $395k (exactly $395,092) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 54 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 225% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Sailing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Simulation
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Atmospheric, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 5,980 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sailing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
Comparable games
Cat Goes Fishing 2015 · $3.2M 
Spilled! 2025 · $881k 
Moonglow Bay 2021 · $509k 
WILL: Follow The Light 2026 · $395k 
Escape The Pacific 2018 · EA · $323k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cat Goes Fishing | older | $6.99 | 15,431 94% | 463k | $3.2M (exactly $3,235,881) | Cat5Games |
| | Spilled! | $5.99 | 4,905 93% | 147k | $881k (exactly $881,428) | Lente | |
| | Moonglow Bay | older | $24.99 | 679 66% | 20k | $509k (exactly $509,046) | Bunnyhug |
| | WILL: Follow The Light | $24.99 | 527 73% | 16k | $395k (exactly $395,092) | TomorrowHead Studio | |
| | Escape The Pacific | · EA older | $14.99 | 719 66% | 22k | $323k (exactly $323,334) | Gamers4Gamers Team |
 | Collector's Cove | $19.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | VoodooDuck | |
 | Profit Sea Incremental | $4.99 | 327 79% | 9.8k | $49k (exactly $48,952) | Monkey Cube | |
 | Hazeron Starship | older | $19.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Hazeron Freehold LLC |
 | Huge Jaws | older | $24.99 | 23 65% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | JAWS: Retro Edition | $14.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Limited Run Games | |
 | Fish & Hike | · EA | $6.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $3.4k (exactly $3,355) | Sleepwalking Potatoes |
 | Speedboat Simulator | · EA | $8.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Dragons Reef VR | $19.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Radoslaw Kutowinski | |
 | The Honest Little Fisher | $7.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | Kiene & Sohn | |
 | Open Fishing 2 | $6.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Kunstaat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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