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Should I ship an Inventory Management Dating Sim?
Inventory Management + Dating Sim
Only 11 developers shipped an Inventory Management 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, Love n Life: Happy Student, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,139) |
| Top 25% | $106k (exactly $106,129) |
| Top 5% | $215k (exactly $215,484) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Inventory Management, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 1,339 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + WargameFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + LogicFair
- + Card GameFair
- + Trading Card GameFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + God GameFair
Comparable games
Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 2021 · $637k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 2020 · $275k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 5 2022 · $239k 
Love n Life: Happy Student 2025 · $215k 
Photo Studio Simulator 2025 · $117k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 | older | $4.99 | 4,255 94% | 128k | $637k (exactly $636,974) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 | older | $4.99 | 1,840 94% | 55k | $275k (exactly $275,448) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 5 | older | $5.99 | 1,328 93% | 40k | $239k (exactly $238,642) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | Love n Life: Happy Student | $9.99 | 719 81% | 22k | $215k (exactly $215,484) | Reborn Entertainment | |
| | Photo Studio Simulator | $14.99 | 260 80% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | JesseMJ | |
 | Frankie's FunClub | $14.99 | 236 65% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $106,129) | LOVEBITES | |
 | Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! | $29.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $59k (exactly $59,380) | Lached Up Games | |
 | Adorable Crush | older | $2.99 | 630 76% | 19k | $57k (exactly $56,511) | Mature Games |
 | Cyber Crush 2069 | older | $1.99 | 701 72% | 21k | $42k (exactly $41,850) | Secret Labo |
 | Ace Campus Club | older | $14.99 | 36 52% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | ZiX Solutions |
 | Trial of lust | $8.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $9.4k (exactly $9,440) | Broken English | |
 | 逆袭人生 The Underdog Tycoon | $18.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,139) | The Underdog Tycoon | |
 | Farm and Dishes | $11.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DDReN | |
 | Room69 | $5.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | RetroMystStudio | |
 | Little Library | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | BitQuest Studio | |
 | Daily Brew Idle: Milk Tea Tycoon | $1.00 | 9 33% | 270 | $270 (exactly $270) | 天道(Tiandao Games) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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