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Should I ship a Walking Simulator Space Sim?
Space Sim + Walking Simulator
Only 16 developers shipped a Walking Simulator 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, Quantum Void, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 500% on the market; 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $24,819) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 500% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Walking Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Walking Simulator; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 180 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DestructionFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Deliver Us The Moon 2019 · $5.6M 
Exo One 2021 · $2.6M 
Quantum Void 2026 · $25k 
Astrophobia 2026 · $5.5k 
Space Supermarket Simulator 2026 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deliver Us The Moon | older | $24.99 | 7,510 87% | 225k | $5.6M (exactly $5,630,247) | KeokeN Interactive |
| | Exo One | older | $16.99 | 5,053 89% | 152k | $2.6M (exactly $2,575,514) | Exbleative |
| | Quantum Void | $11.99 | 69 95% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $24,819) | TacNours | |
| | Astrophobia | $2.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $5.5k (exactly $5,472) | CosmicArcade | |
| | Space Supermarket Simulator | $9.99 | 16 75% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Mythforge Games | |
 | I Am a Rock | · EA older | $1.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $2.4k (exactly $2,388) | PanGuoJun |
 | Periphery Synthetic | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | shiftBacktick |
 | Space Tourist | $5.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Grow Now! | |
 | Silent Breach | older | $4.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Shiver Eye Development |
 | They Look Like People | older | $1.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | Aaron Wise |
 | Spiritus Astrum | · EA | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Phoenix Game Development |
 | Space Commanders: Solar System | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Ziya AL | |
 | Saturn Quest: The Loneliness Of Captain Navigator | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Arkhouse Telegraph | |
 | My Apollogies | $3.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Spatium Interactive d.o.o | |
 | Meteor Expedition | · EA | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | GQ |
 | Sad Virus Space | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | DIG Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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