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Job Simulator
Of 314 developers who shipped a Job 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.. 393 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $12k, ×26 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $3.2k. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 393 games are announced against 216 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,163) |
| Top 25% | $60k (exactly $60,404) |
| Top 5% | $649k (exactly $648,899) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 314 |
| Released games | 466 |
| Announced | 393 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Job Simulator
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Job Simulator
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 87,197 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.2k. 6 in 10 of the 121 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 393 games are announced against 216 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Job Simulator
- Job Simulator + Nature Strong odds $38k
- Job Simulator + Artificial Intelligence Strong odds $23k
- Job Simulator + Capitalism Fair $23k
- Job Simulator + Psychological Horror Poor odds $9.3k
- Job Simulator + Horror Poor odds $8.6k
- Job Simulator + Fantasy Poor odds $3.8k
Comparable games
Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm 2023 · $31M 
TCG Card Shop Simulator 2026 · $28M 
Project Hospital 2018 · $6.3M 
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs 2026 · $5.5M 
Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator 2024 · $4.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | older | $24.99 | 40,862 79% | 1.2M | $31M (exactly $30,634,241) | Toxic Dog |
| | TCG Card Shop Simulator | $19.99 | 47,357 96% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $28,399,993) | OPNeon Games | |
| | Project Hospital | older | $24.99 | 8,387 89% | 252k | $6.3M (exactly $6,287,734) | Oxymoron Games |
| | ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs | $19.99 | 9,209 95% | 276k | $5.5M (exactly $5,522,637) | Mandragora | |
| | Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator | older | $29.99 | 4,414 62% | 132k | $4.0M (exactly $3,971,276) | Simteract |
 | Fast Food Simulator | · EA | $14.99 | 8,653 86% | 260k | $3.9M (exactly $3,891,254) | No Ceiling Games |
 | Firefighting Simulator - The Squad | older | $24.99 | 4,287 82% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,213,964) | Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware |
 | Storage Hunter Simulator | $24.99 | 3,866 78% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,898,340) | Raccoons Studio | |
 | Job Simulator | older | $19.99 | 4,406 91% | 132k | $2.6M (exactly $2,642,278) | Owlchemy Labs |
 | Loddlenaut | older | $19.99 | 3,832 98% | 115k | $2.3M (exactly $2,298,050) | Moon Lagoon |
 | Cheap Car Repair | $19.69 | 3,603 91% | 108k | $2.1M (exactly $2,128,292) | Little Dog Games | |
 | Go-Go Town! | $27.99 | 2,476 93% | 74k | $2.1M (exactly $2,079,097) | Prideful Sloth | |
 | The Ranch of Rivershine | $29.99 | 2,050 94% | 62k | $1.8M (exactly $1,844,385) | Cozy Bee Games | |
 | Alchemy Factory | $17.99 | 2,529 87% | 76k | $1.4M (exactly $1,364,901) | D5 Copperhead | |
 | Leaf it Alone | $5.99 | 6,244 95% | 187k | $1.1M (exactly $1,122,047) | Eternity | |
 | Docked | $29.99 | 1,210 72% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,088,637) | Saber Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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