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Should I ship a Dog Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + Dogs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dog Dating Sim 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, Anthro Heat, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 5 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,449) |
| Top 5% | $566k (exactly $565,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Dating Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,151 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 5 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + Souls-likeStrong odds
- + AliensStrong odds
- + PlatformerStrong odds
- + HistoricalFair
- + FPSFair
- + Post-apocalypticFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + TacticalFair
Comparable games
Sakura Spirit 2014 · $1.5M 
Anthro Heat 2025 · $566k 
Spice&Wolf VR2 2020 · $497k 
Sakura Angels 2015 · $448k 
Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer 2021 · $221k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sakura Spirit | older | $9.99 | 4,877 77% | 146k | $1.5M (exactly $1,461,637) | Winged Cloud |
| | Anthro Heat | $29.99 | 629 92% | 19k | $566k (exactly $565,911) | Blue Lizard Studios | |
| | Spice&Wolf VR2 | older | $24.99 | 663 96% | 20k | $497k (exactly $497,051) | SpicyTails |
| | Sakura Angels | older | $9.99 | 1,494 84% | 45k | $448k (exactly $447,752) | Winged Cloud |
| | Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer | older | $9.99 | 738 96% | 22k | $221k (exactly $221,179) | Furlough Games |
 | Sex and the Furry Titty 2: Sins of the City | older | $9.99 | 708 91% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Furlough Games |
 | Furry Shades of Gay | older | $6.99 | 835 91% | 25k | $175k (exactly $175,100) | Furlough Games |
 | Milfylicious - Chapter I | $14.99 | 359 81% | 11k | $161k (exactly $161,442) | Maximus | |
 | Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme | older | $24.99 | 171 83% | 5.1k | $128k (exactly $128,199) | Transcendent Games |
 | Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite | older | $4.99 | 826 98% | 25k | $124k (exactly $123,652) | Denny Truong, Andy Schneider |
 | Dawg Game | $3.99 | 104 98% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,449) | Big Noses Entertainment | |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game | |
 | Naughty Doug | $12.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Heedless | |
 | Wantama☆Life | $24.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | CyberStep, Inc. | |
 | Hentai Fluffy Wolf Camp!! | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Team Tea Mascot | |
 | Furry Uncensored | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | FURRAI_XXX | |
 | Bad Dog, Good Nights | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Bad Dog Banjo | |
 | Wolf Girl: Brazen NTR Exhibition!! | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Team Tea Mascot |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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