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Should I ship a Military Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + Military
Only 8 developers shipped a Military 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, Wings of Empire, 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: long shot, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $22k, ×35 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,964) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,035) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Dating Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 144 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dating Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WarStrong odds
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Souls-likeStrong odds
- + AliensStrong odds
- + PlatformerStrong odds
- + HistoricalFair
- + FPSFair
- + Post-apocalypticFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + TacticalFair
Comparable games
Azur Lane Crosswave 2020 · $7.8M 
eden* 2015 · $2.5M 
Fog of War: Book One 2024 · $74k 
Just Deserts 2016 · $70k 
Wings of Empire 2026 · EA · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Azur Lane Crosswave | older | $39.99 | 6,537 68% | 196k | $7.8M (exactly $7,842,439) | IDEA FACTORY, COMPILE HEART, FELISTELLA |
| | eden* | older | $19.99 | 4,098 98% | 123k | $2.5M (exactly $2,457,571) | minori |
| | Fog of War: Book One | older | $11.99 | 205 77% | 6.2k | $74k (exactly $73,738) | Story Machine Studios |
| | Just Deserts | older | $9.99 | 234 79% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $70,130) | Vifth Floor |
| | Wings of Empire | · EA | $14.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Droid Productions |
 | Alternative Punishment | older | $9.99 | 71 56% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $21,279) | Kinetic Novels |
 | My Dictator Stalin Can't Be This Cute ?! | older | $1.49 | 285 92% | 8.6k | $13k (exactly $12,740) | uwucorp |
 | Cerulean Invasion | $18.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $12k (exactly $11,964) | Vincere Studio | |
 | 双雄风流传（Romantic Emperor） | $2.18 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $3.5k (exactly $3,466) | Turtle game | |
 | Harolds Harem: The Neckoning | older | $3.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | WhiteVault Studio |
 | Monster Ops 2 | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Y Press Games | |
 | Monster Ops 3 | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Y Press Games | |
 | Monster Ops 4 | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Y Press Games | |
 | Monster Ops 10 | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Y Press Games | |
 | Monster Ops 6 | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Y Press Games | |
 | Aether HeXXen: Death-Space Requiem Act1 | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | irkinterAction |
 | Night of the Witch's Invasion | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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