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Should I ship a Dating Sim Racing game?
Racing + Dating Sim
Only 12 developers shipped a Dating Sim Racing game 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, Race of Life - Act 1, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $510; 1 in 20 cleared $490k, ×791 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $505 (exactly $505) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,175) |
| Top 5% | $497k (exactly $496,505) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Racing
- effort 6 / 10 · low · vehicle handling, track content and opponent AI
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,511 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $510. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Race of Life - Act 1 2025 · $497k 
Last Holiday 2023 · EA · $348k 
Tokyo School Life 2015 · $278k 
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ 2009 · $244k 
Shady Lewd Kart 2020 · EA · $155k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Race of Life - Act 1 | $13.99 | 1,183 94% | 35k | $497k (exactly $496,505) | Underground Studio | |
| | Last Holiday | · EA older | $29.99 | 387 40% | 12k | $348k (exactly $348,184) | Boomer Games s.r.o. |
| | Tokyo School Life | older | $14.99 | 619 92% | 19k | $278k (exactly $278,364) | M2 Co.,LTD |
| | Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ | older | $9.99 | 814 93% | 24k | $244k (exactly $243,956) | Frontier |
| | Shady Lewd Kart | · EA older | $19.99 | 259 86% | 7.8k | $155k (exactly $155,322) | Shady Corner Games |
 | LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild- | older | $19.99 | 168 94% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | VISUAL ARTS/Key |
 | Club Naughty | older | $24.99 | 130 34% | 3.9k | $97k (exactly $97,461) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Smurfs Kart | older | $29.99 | 56 62% | 1.7k | $50k (exactly $50,383) | Eden Games |
 | Conquer and Breed the Demon Queen | older | $11.99 | 118 61% | 3.5k | $42k (exactly $42,445) | Miel |
 | My 1/6 Lover | older | $1.99 | 551 80% | 17k | $33k (exactly $32,895) | lamb of game |
 | Time Heals | $10.99 | 78 74% | 2.3k | $26k (exactly $25,717) | Owl`s | |
 | CuckTales 🐓 | $9.99 | 84 67% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | Late Night Studios | |
 | Drift On Destiny Line | · EA | $14.00 | 51 82% | 1.5k | $21k (exactly $21,420) | Attractive Studios |
 | Lust for Speed | · EA | $6.99 | 62 85% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,001) | KG/AM |
 | SixteenPetals | · EA | $6.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Husky366Studio |
 | Tomboy: Race for Love | $3.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | Zylyx | |
 | Duty Free Shop Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | CLOWN MAGIC |
 | Your Ex | $0.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | workflowstd | |
 | Zenith Drift | $2.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Oguz Abdullah Celik |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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