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Should I ship a Co-op Dating Sim?
Co-op + Dating Sim
Only 4 developers shipped a Co-op Dating Sim in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 6 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.. 11 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $8.5k against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $38,302) |
| Top 5% | $241M (exactly $241,120,505) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Co-op
- effort 7 / 10 · low · co-op on Steam means online sessions and drop-in sync
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 56% positive over 243,425 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 11 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Monster Hunter Wilds 2025 · $241M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 2017 · $17M 
港詭實錄ParanormalHK 2020 · $7.4M 
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Divinity: Dragon Commander 2013 · $2.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Monster Hunter Wilds | $39.99 | 200,984 52% | 6.0M | $241M (exactly $241,120,505) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III | older | $39.99 | 14,436 50% | 433k | $17M (exactly $17,318,869) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)) |
| | 港詭實錄ParanormalHK | older | $12.99 | 18,874 89% | 566k | $7.4M (exactly $7,355,198) | Ghostpie Studio |
| | Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition | older | $39.99 | 5,731 78% | 172k | $6.9M (exactly $6,875,481) | AQURIA |
| | Divinity: Dragon Commander | older | $39.99 | 1,976 73% | 59k | $2.4M (exactly $2,370,607) | Larian Studios |
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 | Alien Agent X | · EA | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | SGALIEN.Software.US |
 | Aeonic | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dev | |
 | Illustack | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Subaiism |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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