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Should I ship a Nature Space Sim?
Space Sim + Nature
Only 13 developers shipped a Nature Space 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, Utopia Colony, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $50k, ×80 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,460) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 75% on the market, supply 125% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 251 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DestructionFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Helicopter Simulator VR 2021 - Rescue Missions 2024 · $85k 
Utopia Colony 2026 · $50k 
OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) 2018 · $34k 
Heliopedia 2021 · $30k 
Orders of Magnitude 2024 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Helicopter Simulator VR 2021 - Rescue Missions | older | $17.99 | 157 82% | 4.7k | $85k (exactly $84,733) | Helicopter Simulator |
| | Utopia Colony | $16.99 | 99 63% | 3.0k | $50k (exactly $50,460) | GridSky Studios | |
| | OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) | older | $9.99 | 114 71% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $34,166) | Orbital Views |
| | Heliopedia | older | $4.99 | 199 86% | 6.0k | $30k (exactly $29,790) | Sokpop Collective |
| | Orders of Magnitude | older | $4.99 | 68 97% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Ouroboro Soft Inc. |
 | soul Interface | · EA | $12.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | soulless technologies |
 | Dream House Cleaning | $3.99 | 72 79% | 2.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,618) | ONLYGAMES S.R.L. | |
 | Black Hole Simulator | older | $1.99 | 141 82% | 4.2k | $8.4k (exactly $8,418) | PanGuoJun |
 | Accretion | $9.99 | 21 38% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | ValarFerys | |
 | ROVA | · EA | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | FreeRangeDevs |
 | World Climate Lab | · EA | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | World Climate Lab Dev |
 | Album3D | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | 4AI Limited | |
 | Space Atlas: The Solar System | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ouroboro Soft Inc. | |
 | Fantastic journey | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nouveausouffle | |
 | Physics of life simulator | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | QIPAWORLD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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