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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Time Management Walking Simulator?

Walking Simulator + Time Management

Of 48 developers who shipped a Time Management 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.. 60 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is flat on the market; 60 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.8 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 60 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Walking Simulator + Time Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 48
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $5.0k → $1.6k → $449 → $900 → $839 → $539 → $1.2k (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Walking Simulator + Time Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 48
Bottom 30% $30 (exactly $30)
Median $839 (exactly $839)
Top 25% $6.0k (exactly $5,988)
Top 5% $41k (exactly $41,311)
Developers, 2 yr 48
Released games 101
Announced 60
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 flat on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Walking Simulator, Time Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Life Sim, Immersive Sim
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Realistic
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,659 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $840, 1 in 4 over $5.9k, 1 in 20 over $41k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 60 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Walking Simulator with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVStrong odds13 devs · median $5.8k · 9 announced
  2. + WarFair10 devs · median $5.1k · 12 announced
  3. + RomanceFair36 devs · median $3.5k · 38 announced
  4. + Escape RoomFair38 devs · median $2.7k · 25 announced
  5. + ThrillerFair449 devs · median $2.7k · 499 announced
  6. + MusicFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 20 announced
  7. + SupernaturalFair297 devs · median $1.8k · 354 announced
  8. + Psychological HorrorFair1,043 devs · median $1.7k · 1,251 announced
  9. + PsychologicalFair442 devs · median $1.7k · 552 announced
  10. + IdlerFair38 devs · median $1.7k · 41 announced
  11. + Mystery DungeonFair34 devs · median $1.6k · 35 announced
  12. + NoirFair44 devs · median $1.5k · 52 announced

All 145 pairs on the Walking Simulator page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator 2025 · $172k Global ATC Simulator 2014 · $120k Gamer Shop Simulator 2021 · $60k Chaos Express: Delivery Simulator 2025 · EA · $47k Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner 2024 · $41k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator $13.99 411 85% 12k $172k (exactly $172,497) Purple Heads Games
Global ATC Simulator older $29.99 133 62% 4.0k $120k (exactly $119,660) Robert Miroszewski
Gamer Shop Simulator older $8.99 221 37% 6.6k $60k (exactly $59,604) DiamosDev
Chaos Express: Delivery Simulator · EA $13.37 116 77% 3.5k $47k (exactly $46,528) AVE Team
Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner $6.99 197 87% 5.9k $41k (exactly $41,311) Night Shift Team
Tech Store Simulator $9.99 103 61% 3.1k $31k (exactly $30,869) Astrasoft
The Stairway 7 - Anomaly Hunt Loop Horror Game older $8.99 99 81% 3.0k $27k (exactly $26,700) Steelkrill Studio
Internet Cafe Owner older $5.99 148 72% 4.4k $27k (exactly $26,596) GidAzGames
Biztopia · EA $7.99 105 68% 3.2k $25k (exactly $25,168) Lymo Games
Parcel Delivery Simulator $6.99 114 61% 3.4k $24k (exactly $23,906) Digital Melody
Short Trip $1.99 280 98% 8.4k $17k (exactly $16,716) Alexander Perrin
Net 24h: Vietnamese Internet Cafe Simulator · EA $3.99 110 74% 3.3k $13k (exactly $13,167) Nam Dev
But Why? $1.99 187 89% 5.6k $11k (exactly $11,164) Perspektik
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.