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Should I ship a Gambling Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + Gambling
Only 8 developers shipped a Gambling 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, Deadly Heart Gambit, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $120. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,333) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 6360% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Dating Sim, Gambling
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 2,253 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
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Comparable games
LOLLIPOP! 2021 · $197k 
Metro Sim Hustle 2021 · $105k 
Sinsations 2021 · $32k 
Deadly Heart Gambit 2025 · $22k 
Lust Poker Club 2026 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LOLLIPOP! | older | $4.99 | 1,318 75% | 40k | $197k (exactly $197,305) | 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__ |
| | Metro Sim Hustle | older | $9.99 | 352 75% | 11k | $105k (exactly $105,494) | Departure Interactive |
| | Sinsations | older | $24.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $32k (exactly $32,237) | Frigid Delights Studios LLC |
| | Deadly Heart Gambit | $6.99 | 107 90% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Blink Hydrate ブリンク | |
| | Lust Poker Club | $7.99 | 89 78% | 2.7k | $21k (exactly $21,333) | Cutie Booty | |
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 | Sex Poker | older | $19.99 | 22 27% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Somavision Games |
 | Curt Maddox | older | $7.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | Lesson of Passion |
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 | Sex Casino | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Jesus | |
 | Prostitute Casino | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Capky Games, Doky | |
 | Girlfriend Strip Blackjack | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | AsianGFModels.com | |
 | Trauma Football | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Nuskadamo | |
 | At My Best Friend's House | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Capky Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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