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Should I ship a Female-Led Asynchronous Multiplayer game?
Asynchronous Multiplayer + Female Protagonist
Only 10 developers shipped a Female-Led Asynchronous Multiplayer game 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, Backpack Battles, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $8.5M, ×13558 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) |
| Top 5% | $8.5M (exactly $8,514,170) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- effort 5 / 10 · low · a backend with accounts and persistent turns
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 19,857 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Asynchronous Multiplayer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Turn-BasedStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceStrong odds
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Board GameFair
- + WarFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SpaceLong shot
- + Tactical RPGPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
Comparable games
Backpack Battles 2025 · $8.5M 
Deceive Inc. 2023 · $2.9M 
Demon Tides 2026 · $623k 
How 2 Escape 2023 · $267k 
Clandestine 2015 · $107k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Backpack Battles | $14.99 | 18,933 91% | 568k | $8.5M (exactly $8,514,170) | PlayWithFurcifer | |
| | Deceive Inc. | older | $19.99 | 4,755 84% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,851,574) | Sweet Bandits Studios |
| | Demon Tides | $24.99 | 831 96% | 25k | $623k (exactly $623,001) | Fabraz | |
| | How 2 Escape | older | $12.99 | 684 71% | 21k | $267k (exactly $266,555) | Breakfirst Games |
| | Clandestine | older | $9.99 | 356 79% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | Logic Artists |
 | Hive | older | $9.99 | 244 83% | 7.3k | $73k (exactly $73,127) | BlueLine Games |
 | Eden Genesis | older | $24.99 | 81 92% | 2.4k | $61k (exactly $60,726) | Aeternum Game Studios S.L |
 | Erotic Rhythm | $3.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $7.3k (exactly $7,302) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Paperback Vol. 2 | older | $6.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | Fowers Games |
 | ジャリネスハートPro | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | savedtekty a.k.a てく | |
 | Winken | $8.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | PlaySmart | |
 | Breecell | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Masagomi Studio | |
 | Casa De Diamantes | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | SoulPixel Studio | |
 | My Zombie Apocalypse | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Kornux Games | |
 | Dote On Me: Desktop Pet | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | HEJINJU | |
 | Finding Chuchu | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ODDCADIA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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