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Should I ship a Romance Bullet Hell?
Bullet Hell + Romance
Only 13 developers shipped a Romance Bullet Hell 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, GIRLDIVERS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.7 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $81k, ×171 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,266) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $81,396) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 460 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Hell with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SuperheroStrong odds
- + FaithFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + PiratesFair
- + CatsFair
- + HackingFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Naval CombatFair
Comparable games
Noctuary 2023 · $2.1M 
ISEKAI FRONTLINE 2023 · $216k 
GIRLDIVERS 2024 · $81k 
AHEGAL 2018 · $70k 
Epido 2019 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Noctuary | older | $29.99 | 2,371 94% | 71k | $2.1M (exactly $2,133,189) | Gratesca |
| | ISEKAI FRONTLINE | older | $3.99 | 1,806 77% | 54k | $216k (exactly $216,178) | Studio Ginkgo |
| | GIRLDIVERS | $14.99 | 181 80% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $81,396) | Sweet Cakes Games | |
| | AHEGAL | older | $1.99 | 1,165 88% | 35k | $70k (exactly $69,550) | OppaiMan 2D |
| | Epido | older | $1.99 | 1,114 92% | 33k | $67k (exactly $66,506) | SekaiFrieden |
 | DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN | $19.99 | 94 82% | 2.8k | $56k (exactly $56,372) | Team Arcana, Kizawaya | |
 | Hentai Girl Division | older | $1.99 | 895 81% | 27k | $53k (exactly $53,432) | Mature Games |
 | AHEGAL SEASONS | older | $2.99 | 336 90% | 10k | $30k (exactly $30,139) | OppaiMan 2D |
 | Monospaced Lovers | $19.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Scarlet String Studios | |
 | Resurrection Island: Love and Victory | older | $5.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) | さんかっけい |
 | SORRY SURVIVOR | $2.99 | 81 85% | 2.4k | $7.3k (exactly $7,266) | TakenokoGames | |
 | Blood in the Panopticon | $12.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | SIS STYLE INTERACTIVE | |
 | Doki Doki Sharky Days | $3.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | Blue Fin Games | |
 | Survivor these Girls | $4.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Black Hole | |
 | Touhou Renkyouto ~ Subterranean Festival of Love and Jealousy | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Arzvet, The Cabbage Preacher | |
 | Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance | $3.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | DPADFTW | |
 | ROGUE HANDS! | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | 渡叶工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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