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Should I ship a Nature Shop Keeper?
Shop Keeper + Nature
Of 32 developers who shipped a Nature Shop Keeper 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.. 59 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $31k, ×66 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $690k, ×1463 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 59 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $31k (exactly $31,176) |
| Top 25% | $98k (exactly $98,204) |
| Top 5% | $695k (exactly $695,004) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 865% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shop Keeper
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shop Keeper; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Management, Resource Management
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cute, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 13,088 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 59 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shop Keeper with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + HorrorFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + ModernFair
- + StrategyFair
- + LogicFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + CollectathonPoor odds
Comparable games
Tiny Bookshop 2025 · $4.2M 
Leafy Corner 2026 · $695k 
Chop Chop Inc. 2026 · $490k 
Above the Snow 2026 · $287k 
Budgie's Bug Shop 2026 · $183k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tiny Bookshop | $19.99 | 6,967 96% | 209k | $4.2M (exactly $4,178,110) | neoludic games | |
| | Leafy Corner | $9.99 | 2,319 96% | 70k | $695k (exactly $695,004) | Fireline Games | |
| | Chop Chop Inc. | $12.99 | 1,258 90% | 38k | $490k (exactly $490,243) | NullRef Entertainment | |
| | Above the Snow | $24.99 | 383 75% | 11k | $287k (exactly $287,135) | Above the Desk | |
| | Budgie's Bug Shop | $5.99 | 1,016 96% | 30k | $183k (exactly $182,575) | Moon Lagoon | |
 | Sugardew Island - Your cozy farm shop | $16.99 | 291 76% | 8.7k | $148k (exactly $148,323) | rokaplay | |
 | Campsite Hustle! - Management Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 251 73% | 7.5k | $113k (exactly $112,875) | Red Shore Games |
 | Ranch Farm and Store Simulator | $12.99 | 252 84% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bewolba Studios | |
 | Bug & Seek | older | $14.99 | 203 90% | 6.1k | $91k (exactly $91,289) | So Peculiar |
 | Island Market Simulator | $12.99 | 171 76% | 5.1k | $67k (exactly $66,639) | Zentium Studio | |
 | Piece by Piece | $11.99 | 180 91% | 5.4k | $65k (exactly $64,746) | Gamkat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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