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Should I ship a Dating Sim Card Battler?
Card Battler + Dating Sim
Only 11 developers shipped a Dating Sim Card Battler 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, Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $24k, ×51 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $14k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2793 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $13k (exactly $13,187) |
|---|---|
| Median | $24k (exactly $24,284) |
| Top 25% | $108k (exactly $107,557) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,583) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 down 65% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Card Battler, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 5,066 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $14k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GamblingFair
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- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Moonstone Island 2023 · $2.4M 
Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Office Life 2024 · $1.0M 
UndercoverAgent 2021 · $225k 
Love of Magic 2020 · $188k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Moonstone Island | older | $19.99 | 4,063 84% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,436,581) | Studio Supersoft |
| | Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening | · EA | $17.99 | 2,458 85% | 74k | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,583) | U-Secret Studio |
| | Office Life | $19.99 | 1,725 88% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,034,482) | LeiYun Games | |
| | UndercoverAgent | older | $7.99 | 940 81% | 28k | $225k (exactly $225,318) | AleCubicSoft |
| | Love of Magic | older | $14.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $188k (exactly $187,525) | Droid Productions |
 | FUTA FUCKS FEMBOYS | $12.99 | 276 88% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | Horny Capybara Studio | |
 | Hypnosis Card 2 Happy Life | $12.99 | 270 91% | 8.1k | $105k (exactly $105,219) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Monster Monpiece | older | $9.99 | 284 70% | 8.5k | $85k (exactly $85,115) | COMPILE HEART, IDEA FACTORY |
 | Helmetman | · EA older | $19.99 | 136 79% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | GoniNmimi Games |
 | EdgeLords | older | $14.99 | 135 75% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $60,710) | Sinner's Lotion |
 | Project Skyward | $19.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Skyward Foundry | |
 | Hypnosis Card 2 | $12.99 | 65 78% | 2.0k | $25k (exactly $25,330) | Naku Kinoko | |
 | Football Rising:Zero to Hero | $14.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $24,284) | Den Spade | |
 | Lust Poker Club | $7.99 | 89 78% | 2.7k | $21k (exactly $21,333) | Cutie Booty | |
 | Slave Harem | $9.99 | 44 61% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | artoonu | |
 | Forbidden Scrolls : Midnight Whispers | $10.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $10k (exactly $10,221) | Ero Echo Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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