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Should I ship a Character Customization Otome?
Character Customization + Otome
Only 16 developers shipped a Character Customization Otome 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, Sensei! I Like You So Much!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.5k, ×12 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $660k, ×1058 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 39 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.5k (exactly $7,547) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,970) |
| Top 5% | $665k (exactly $664,649) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 10% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 38%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Otome
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Otome; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dating Sim, Visual Novel, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Sensei! I Like You So Much! 2025 · $665k 
Arcadia Fallen 2021 · $378k 
Magical Diary: Horse Hall 2012 · $318k 
Arcade Spirits 2019 · $261k 
OBSCURA 2024 · EA · $204k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sensei! I Like You So Much! | $16.99 | 1,304 86% | 39k | $665k (exactly $664,649) | LaoO Studio (Shanghai Ou Ou Xi Network… (LaoO Studio (Shanghai Ou Ou Xi Network Technology Co. LTD）) | |
| | Arcadia Fallen | older | $24.99 | 504 94% | 15k | $378k (exactly $377,849) | Galdra Studios |
| | Magical Diary: Horse Hall | older | $14.99 | 708 93% | 21k | $318k (exactly $318,388) | Hanako Games |
| | Arcade Spirits | older | $19.99 | 435 94% | 13k | $261k (exactly $260,869) | Fiction Factory Games |
| | OBSCURA | · EA older | $14.99 | 453 99% | 14k | $204k (exactly $203,714) | Rotten Raccoons |
 | Red Embrace: Hollywood | older | $19.99 | 327 85% | 9.8k | $196k (exactly $196,102) | Argent Games |
 | Arcadia Fallen II | $29.99 | 165 98% | 5.0k | $148k (exactly $148,450) | Galdra Studios | |
 | Gilded Shadows | older | $29.99 | 162 93% | 4.9k | $146k (exactly $145,751) | Steamberry Studio |
 | Royal Order | older | $29.99 | 114 91% | 3.4k | $103k (exactly $102,566) | Nifty Visuals |
 | Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers | older | $19.99 | 164 89% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $98,351) | Fiction Factory Games |
 | MODEL Debut3 #nicola | $39.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $41k (exactly $40,790) | 株式会社ラクジン | |
 | Drops of Death | $11.99 | 100 92% | 3.0k | $36k (exactly $35,970) | Snowhaven Studios, Crystal Game Works | |
 | Alaris | $11.99 | 74 98% | 2.2k | $27k (exactly $26,618) | Crescence Studio | |
 | summer haze/glory days | $15.99 | 41 95% | 1.2k | $20k (exactly $19,668) | Yam Harvest Games | |
 | Arts & Hearts Academy | $9.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Vera Florentine | |
 | Elven Friends | $5.99 | 42 88% | 1.3k | $7.5k (exactly $7,547) | LWL | |
 | Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel | $7.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Ligia Nunes | |
 | Model Debut4 | $39.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $4.8k (exactly $4,799) | 株式会社ラクジン |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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