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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Dating Sim?
Quick-Time Events + Dating Sim
Only 17 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events 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, Hello Love: 18 Again, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $15k, ×31 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $750. Revenue is up 485% on the market; 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $14,861) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $56,977) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,244,378) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 485% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events, Dating Sim; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cinematic, Emotional, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,838 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
Comparable games
Hello Love: 18 Again 2025 · $1.2M 
恋爱单选题 2024 · $799k 
Superscout 2024 · $352k 
Growing Things Up - Season 1 2026 · $276k 
反转21克 2024 · $275k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hello Love: 18 Again | $19.99 | 2,075 92% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,244,378) | 念念而忘(Echofall Studio) | |
| | 恋爱单选题 | older | $10.99 | 2,424 81% | 73k | $799k (exactly $799,193) | 无忧传媒 |
| | Superscout | older | $17.99 | 652 75% | 20k | $352k (exactly $351,884) | Mountain and Sea Studio |
| | Growing Things Up - Season 1 | $12.99 | 707 91% | 21k | $276k (exactly $275,518) | King, BLANQ | |
| | 反转21克 | older | $8.99 | 1,020 72% | 31k | $275k (exactly $275,094) | 想象颗粒 |
 | Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan | older | $19.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $88,156) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
 | Sorry! I surrounded beauty! | $5.99 | 344 82% | 10k | $62k (exactly $61,817) | Really Games | |
 | 我的同事不对劲 | $8.99 | 215 89% | 6.5k | $58k (exactly $57,986) | 11J Studio | |
 | My Cute Roommate 2 | $24.99 | 76 59% | 2.3k | $57k (exactly $56,977) | Astaros3d | |
 | Couple-Cultivation Saves the World | $7.99 | 196 59% | 5.9k | $47k (exactly $46,981) | Guns&Roses Studio | |
 | With Eyes Closed - Season 2 | $12.99 | 70 78% | 2.1k | $27k (exactly $27,279) | Ker | |
 | Beta Kafe : Write Your Love Story | $6.99 | 71 81% | 2.1k | $15k (exactly $14,889) | Cine-mo | |
 | MILF Sex Prison: Sector X | $7.99 | 62 75% | 1.9k | $15k (exactly $14,861) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Pattaya Simulator | $8.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | N-nic Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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