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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Otome 2D Platformer?

2D Platformer + Otome

Of 21 developers who shipped an Otome 2D Platformer 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.. 28 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $420, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Revenue is up 215% on the market; 28 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 215% on the market, 28 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
2D Platformer + Otome
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 21
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $239 → $6.9k → $240 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for 2D Platformer + Otome: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 21
Bottom 30% $210 (exactly $210)
Median $420 (exactly $420)
Top 25% $5.2k (exactly $5,242)
Top 5% $45k (exactly $44,908)
Developers, 2 yr 21
Released games 40
Announced 28
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $6.99

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 215% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

2D Platformer
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Otome
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
2D Platformer, Otome; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dating Sim, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Emotional, First-Person
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 4,041 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $210, median $420, 1 in 4 over $5.2k, 1 in 20 over $44k.

3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

2D Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + JRPGFair150 devs · median $4.2k · 157 announced
  2. + VampiresFair47 devs · median $1.9k · 50 announced
  3. + MechsFair33 devs · median $1.8k · 44 announced
  4. + PinballFair13 devs · median $1.6k · 9 announced
  5. + WesternFair10 devs · median $1.3k · 13 announced
  6. + CRPGFair62 devs · median $1.2k · 76 announced
  7. + Psychological HorrorFair178 devs · median $1.0k · 185 announced
  8. + Arena ShooterFair45 devs · median $809 · 43 announced
  9. + MiningFair38 devs · median $748 · 45 announced
  10. + RoguelikeFair264 devs · median $599 · 320 announced
  11. + Party-Based RPGFair55 devs · median $599 · 42 announced
  12. + Tactical RPGFair58 devs · median $599 · 49 announced

All 226 pairs on the 2D Platformer page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

灾厄黑龙与谎言公主 2025 · $1.1M Yoshiwara Higanbana 2021 · $574k 风起长安：驭骨人 2021 · $117k 甜點王子2 典藏版 2022 · $54k 爱人 Lover 2021 · $51k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
灾厄黑龙与谎言公主 $9.99 3,682 90% 110k $1.1M (exactly $1,103,495) 莓夜工作室
Yoshiwara Higanbana older $44.99 425 90% 13k $574k (exactly $573,622) MariaCrown
风起长安：驭骨人 older $13.99 278 80% 8.3k $117k (exactly $116,677) 轻梨工作室
甜點王子2 典藏版 older $9.99 179 88% 5.4k $54k (exactly $53,646) EnjoyPlay Corp.
爱人 Lover older $6.99 242 75% 7.3k $51k (exactly $50,747) 埋月山枯
ChuChu $13.99 107 89% 3.2k $45k (exactly $44,908) 爱的氧气罐制作组
捉妖物语 Monster Girl older $1.99 515 78% 15k $31k (exactly $30,746) jksoft
Who Murdered My Empress? older $17.99 39 94% 1.2k $21k (exactly $21,048) Little Snake Studio
香恋Ready！ $9.99 62 87% 1.9k $19k (exactly $18,581) 芙气满满制作组
Paper2Galgame · EA $5.99 75 88% 2.3k $13k (exactly $13,478) TamikiP
游郭惊梦 $9.99 23 82% 690 $6.9k (exactly $6,893) 做完散伙制作组
幻想 · 遇见秦始皇 Fantasy Encountering Emperor Qin Shi Huang $6.99 25 84% 750 $5.2k (exactly $5,242) 红豆游戏
吸血鬼杀人事件 The Resurrection of Vampire $5.99 14 71% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) Fantasia Celestial Sphere
Girls' Dorm Wars $6.99 9 100% 270 $1.9k (exactly $1,887) LumiMaker
溺光症 Photophobia $2.34 25 88% 750 $1.8k (exactly $1,755) ZeroZen工作室
Girls vs Goblins $2.99 19 73% 570 $1.7k (exactly $1,704) Maiden Realm

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.