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Should I ship a Romance Board Game?
Board Game + Romance
Only 13 developers shipped a Romance Board 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, Menherarium: Deadly Dice, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×3.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 575% on the market; 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $180k (exactly $180,429) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 575% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Tabletop, Card Game, Local Multiplayer
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 15 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DragonsFair
Comparable games
Regency Solitaire 2015 · $201k 
Menherarium: Deadly Dice 2026 · $180k 
Regency Solitaire II 2024 · $94k 
yahtzee girl 2023 · $66k 
Tanto Cuore 2021 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Regency Solitaire | older | $11.99 | 559 96% | 17k | $201k (exactly $201,072) | Grey Alien Games |
| | Menherarium: Deadly Dice | $8.99 | 669 92% | 20k | $180k (exactly $180,429) | テスカトリポカ | |
| | Regency Solitaire II | older | $14.99 | 210 97% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Grey Alien Games |
| | yahtzee girl | older | $2.99 | 735 89% | 22k | $66k (exactly $65,930) | snappixgames |
| | Tanto Cuore | older | $9.99 | 168 91% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Japanime Digital, Wedontknow Games |
 | Solitaire Beach Season | older | $14.99 | 88 76% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Creobit |
 | Body Pay | older | $7.99 | 157 75% | 4.7k | $38k (exactly $37,633) | Cheese Burger Studio |
 | GLASS2 | older | $3.99 | 204 76% | 6.1k | $24k (exactly $24,419) | TeamSnowball |
 | From Paris with Love: Passion with view | older | $4.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | NSFW18 Games |
 | Body Pay "OMG! The girl with the big titties is too hitting on me!" | $4.99 | 117 73% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | Cheese Burger Studio | |
 | Yatzi 2 | $14.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Korion Interactive | |
 | Ludo XXL 2 | $14.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Korion Interactive | |
 | SEX & DICE | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | SUCCUBUS ZONE | |
 | See-Through Shanghai | $8.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | BLAZER inc | |
 | BL Werewolf:Doki-Doki Summer vacation | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | 物部モノ子, 星守れんげ | |
 | Real Puzzles - Paris | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Black Cat Leo | |
 | Yet Another Hentai Puzzle: Cyberpunk | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | NSFW Games Inc. | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Selena | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Sexy Baguette Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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