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Should I ship a Visual Novel Character Action Game?
Character Action Game + Visual Novel
Only 2 developers shipped a Visual Novel Character Action Game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 9 did: 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.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $1.5k. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) |
| Top 5% | $356k (exactly $355,622) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Action Game
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Character Action Game, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 7,206 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 3 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Action RoguelikePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal 2019 · $2.2M 
Sex with Stalin 2020 · $398k 
Kujlevka 2023 · $356k 
Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours 2020 · $212k 
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures 2009 · $141k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal | older | $29.99 | 2,433 92% | 73k | $2.2M (exactly $2,188,970) | Tamsoft |
| | Sex with Stalin | older | $5.99 | 2,217 83% | 67k | $398k (exactly $398,395) | Mova Games |
| | Kujlevka | older | $19.99 | 593 91% | 18k | $356k (exactly $355,622) | Callback |
| | Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours | older | $7.99 | 884 95% | 27k | $212k (exactly $211,895) | Geoff Keighley |
| | Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures | older | $14.99 | 314 89% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | Telltale |
 | Whiskey.Mafia. Leo's Family | older | $5.99 | 331 68% | 9.9k | $59k (exactly $59,481) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
 | BLACK WITCHCRAFT | older | $9.99 | 135 79% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | QuattroGear |
 | Game Of Mafia | older | $9.99 | 109 72% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,667) | FastGame, VICTORIA Games |
 | Life with Mary | older | $5.99 | 88 90% | 2.6k | $16k (exactly $15,814) | Likesblondes |
 | Damned Daniel | older | $2.99 | 102 95% | 3.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,149) | Red Mouse Games |
 | Half-Cat | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Blue Butterfly | |
 | Whatnever | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | starostenko_irina, studio_tapOK |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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