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Should I ship a Mythological Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + Mythology
Of 24 developers who shipped a Mythological Dating Sim in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.6k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2112 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 34 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) |
| Top 25% | $147k (exactly $146,716) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,583) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Dating Sim; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 66,359 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.8k. 5 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
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
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023 · $114M 
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome 2026 · $51M 
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard 2023 · $3.4M 
GINKA 2023 · $1.8M 
Slaves of Rome 2024 · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | older | $19.99 | 190,184 56% | 5.7M | $114M (exactly $114,053,345) | 鬼谷工作室 |
| | The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome | $29.99 | 56,535 65% | 1.7M | $51M (exactly $50,864,540) | ConchShip Games | |
| | Yog-Sothoth’s Yard | older | $10.99 | 10,207 93% | 306k | $3.4M (exactly $3,365,248) | Bone Nail |
| | GINKA | older | $22.99 | 2,678 91% | 80k | $1.8M (exactly $1,847,017) | Frontwing |
| | Slaves of Rome | older | $24.99 | 1,924 73% | 58k | $1.4M (exactly $1,442,423) | Biggus Diccus Games |
 | Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening | · EA | $17.99 | 2,458 85% | 74k | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,583) | U-Secret Studio |
 | 美女，请别影响我成仙 | $10.99 | 3,140 93% | 94k | $1.0M (exactly $1,035,258) | 蒸汽满满工作室 | |
 | SIFU Kidnapped! Adventure in the Women's Kingdom | $9.99 | 2,537 95% | 76k | $760k (exactly $760,339) | 次元边界 | |
 | Cooking Companions | older | $14.99 | 1,081 93% | 32k | $486k (exactly $486,126) | Deer Dream Studios |
 | Mirai's Midnight Stream | $15.99 | 627 84% | 19k | $301k (exactly $300,772) | Fox House | |
 | 👑Idle Calibur：Zero💕（选王之剑：零） | $10.99 | 445 80% | 13k | $147k (exactly $146,716) | 绝汪 | |
 | Loot Line - Season 1 | $12.99 | 270 74% | 8.1k | $105k (exactly $105,219) | Candylight Studio | |
 | Mythic Love: Iberian Legends | $12.99 | 251 92% | 7.5k | $98k (exactly $97,815) | Platonic Games | |
 | XXX Pussy House | $6.99 | 66 71% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $13,840) | Dreamers Workshop | |
 | The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) | · EA | $14.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | Moirai Myths Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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