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Should I ship a Dating Sim City Builder?
City Builder + Dating Sim
Only 9 developers shipped a Dating Sim City Builder 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, inZOI, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.4k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $3.5k (exactly $3,466) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) |
| Top 25% | $85k (exactly $84,530) |
| Top 5% | $36M (exactly $36,014,994) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- City Builder
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dating Sim
- 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
- City Builder, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 77% positive over 31,968 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.5k. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
City Builder with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Visual NovelStrong odds
- + LogicFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + RacingLong shot
- + RomePoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
inZOI 2025 · EA · $36M 
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard 2023 · $3.4M 
Slow living with Princess 2023 · $348k 
BM General Hospital 2025 · $328k 
Love Tavern 2023 · $280k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | inZOI | · EA | $39.99 | 30,020 77% | 901k | $36M (exactly $36,014,994) | inZOI Studio |
| | Yog-Sothoth’s Yard | older | $10.99 | 10,207 93% | 306k | $3.4M (exactly $3,365,248) | Bone Nail |
| | Slow living with Princess | older | $19.99 | 580 87% | 17k | $348k (exactly $347,826) | KADOKAWA, TSUKURITE. |
| | BM General Hospital | $7.99 | 1,368 86% | 41k | $328k (exactly $327,910) | zzzgame | |
| | Love Tavern | older | $11.99 | 778 73% | 23k | $280k (exactly $279,847) | Secret Labo |
 | Citadels | older | $14.99 | 375 13% | 11k | $169k (exactly $168,638) | Games Distillery s.r.o. |
 | 九州：立志 | $11.99 | 235 81% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $84,530) | Xbgzs | |
 | Land Of Idyllic Beauty | · EA older | $11.99 | 222 83% | 6.7k | $80k (exactly $79,853) | Neo |
 | Pocket Academy 3 | older | $10.99 | 237 91% | 7.1k | $78k (exactly $78,139) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Dream House Days DX | older | $8.99 | 289 82% | 8.7k | $78k (exactly $77,943) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | BM Love Cafe | $7.99 | 204 77% | 6.1k | $49k (exactly $48,899) | zzzgame | |
 | Mistwinter Bay | $29.99 | 50 84% | 1.5k | $45k (exactly $44,985) | Swordlake Entertainment | |
 | Life of an NPC | · EA | $14.99 | 21 52% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Max Loh |
 | Wall Town Wonders | $19.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | Cyborn B.V. | |
 | 双雄风流传（Romantic Emperor） | $2.18 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $3.5k (exactly $3,466) | Turtle game | |
 | 生计与沉冤 | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | XGame游戏工作室 | |
 | ゼロから始まる終わりの村／The Village of the End Starting from Zero | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | みずブル |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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