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Resource Management + Dating Sim
Of 41 developers who shipped a Dating Sim Resource Management game 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.. 75 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.7k, ×12 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×518 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 75 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.7k (exactly $5,651) |
| Top 25% | $68k (exactly $68,354) |
| Top 5% | $246k (exactly $245,956) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 96 |
| Announced | 75 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.79 |
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 150% 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.
- Resource Management
- 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
- Resource Management, Dating Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, RPG, Life Sim
- Price point
- $9.79 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.79.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 10,584 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 6 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 75 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
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Little Goody Two Shoes 2023 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
| | School Days | $14.99 | 6,023 77% | 181k | $2.7M (exactly $2,708,543) | 白雨工作室 | |
| | Kaiju Princess | older | $10.99 | 6,069 95% | 182k | $2.0M (exactly $2,000,949) | PantyParrot |
| | IN HEAT: Lustful Nights | · EA older | $14.99 | 3,285 93% | 99k | $1.5M (exactly $1,477,264) | MonsterBox |
| | Little Goody Two Shoes | older | $19.99 | 2,209 95% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,324,737) | AstralShift |
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 | Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip | older | $11.99 | 2,823 98% | 85k | $1.0M (exactly $1,015,433) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | The Censor DX Edition | $17.99 | 1,467 82% | 44k | $792k (exactly $791,740) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
 | Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 | older | $4.99 | 4,255 94% | 128k | $637k (exactly $636,974) | Lil Hentai Games |
 | Wolf of Stock Street | older | $10.99 | 878 77% | 26k | $289k (exactly $289,477) | 樹懶叫工作室, sloth gamer |
 | Isekai Sex Boutique | $10.99 | 746 88% | 22k | $246k (exactly $245,956) | PEROCO WORKS | |
 | NTRaholic SS | $14.99 | 508 62% | 15k | $228k (exactly $228,448) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
 | Immoral-Bathhouse | $8.99 | 476 80% | 14k | $128k (exactly $128,377) | 奶油貓工作室, バター貓スタジオ | |
 | Machine Child | $19.99 | 196 60% | 5.9k | $118k (exactly $117,541) | SYOJO KISHIDAN | |
 | Photo Studio Simulator | $14.99 | 260 80% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | JesseMJ | |
 | SEX Guild Simulator ⚔️🔞 | $14.99 | 210 59% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Lewd Star | |
 | Happy Endings | $6.99 | 429 86% | 13k | $90k (exactly $89,961) | Late Night Studios | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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