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Score Attack + Dating Sim
Only 5 developers shipped a Dating Sim Score Attack 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, Pattaya Simulator, 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, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $360 against a market of $480. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,651) |
| Top 5% | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Score Attack, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $3.29.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 216,159 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 5 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
ULTRAKILL 2020 · EA · $192M 
Gal*Gun Returns 2021 · $360k 
LOLLIPOP! 2021 · $197k 
SpunkStock: Music Festival 2023 · $183k 
Futanari di Funghi 2024 · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ULTRAKILL | · EA older | $29.99 | 213,450 97% | 6.4M | $192M (exactly $192,040,965) | Arsi "Hakita" Patala |
| | Gal*Gun Returns | older | $49.99 | 240 85% | 7.2k | $360k (exactly $359,928) | INTI CREATES CO., LTD. |
| | LOLLIPOP! | older | $4.99 | 1,318 75% | 40k | $197k (exactly $197,305) | 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__ |
| | SpunkStock: Music Festival | older | $14.99 | 406 95% | 12k | $183k (exactly $182,578) | RegulusNSFW |
| | Futanari di Funghi | older | $6.99 | 260 83% | 7.8k | $55k (exactly $54,522) | Ahegames |
 | Horny Suika: Wet Watermelon | older | $4.99 | 230 86% | 6.9k | $34k (exactly $34,431) | Tora Creatives |
 | Waifu Uncovered | older | $3.99 | 133 77% | 4.0k | $16k (exactly $15,920) | One-Hand-Free Studios |
 | Pattaya Simulator | $8.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | N-nic Studio | |
 | Casting Clicker | $2.99 | 63 76% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,651) | Inspite | |
 | Ecchi Spirit | older | $4.99 | 37 59% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Grim's Studio |
 | Click Me: Hentai Adventures | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Mistiuk Creations | |
 | Your butt | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 你的屁股 | |
 | Pocket Waifu 2 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ecchi Bloom |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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