How big is the Farming sim market on Steam?

A typical Farming sim game sells under 20k copies, and the top decile 100k to 200k, based on the 922 games SteamSpy lists for the tag (its visible subset). Labeled estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The realistic ceiling for Farming sim games

Two honest views of what Farming sim games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market

A typical game sells

≈ under 20k copies

under $112k after Steam's cut, est.

The top decile

≈ 100k–200k copies

$559k–$1.1M after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 922 Farming sim games sit with 6 of them.

Based on the 922 Farming sim games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Games are grouped by the tags players give them, which are applied loosely, so a genre's edges are fuzzy. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Farming sim games gathered on wishvane

Across the 120 Farming sim games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 53k–129k copies (est.), with Stardew Valley the biggest comparable game at ≈ 41.0M–66.6M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

The Farming sim games gathered here span 2010 to 2026, a long track record.
Across the Farming sim games gathered here the median price is $19.99, and the biggest charge about the same.

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Building a Farming sim game? This genre already ran your experiment. Add the games yours will be compared to and see what's realistic, before you spend months on it.