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Should I ship a Superhero Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + Superhero
Only 18 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Villain's Legacy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. Revenue is down 95% on the market, with 14 games announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Top 5% | $88k (exactly $88,112) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Dating Sim; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 519 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dating Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Souls-likeStrong odds
- + AliensStrong odds
- + PlatformerStrong odds
- + HistoricalFair
- + FPSFair
- + Post-apocalypticFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + TacticalFair
Comparable games
UuultraC 2022 · $240k 
Villain's Legacy 2024 · $88k 
Helmetman 2023 · EA · $82k 
Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel 2020 · $74k 
Nova Hearts 2025 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | UuultraC | older | $34.99 | 229 98% | 6.9k | $240k (exactly $240,381) | ADELTA |
| | Villain's Legacy | $9.99 | 294 82% | 8.8k | $88k (exactly $88,112) | Mad scientist lab | |
| | Helmetman | · EA older | $19.99 | 136 79% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | GoniNmimi Games |
| | Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel | older | $19.99 | 123 89% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Y Press Games, Studio Kosen |
| | Nova Hearts | $19.99 | 84 67% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Lightbulb Crew | |
 | Never Meet Your Heroes | older | $13.99 | 107 59% | 3.2k | $45k (exactly $44,908) | ITK |
 | Pixel Puzzle Makeout League | older | $14.99 | 66 90% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Rude Ghost |
 | Kinky Cosplay Heroes | $19.99 | 35 77% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Sexy Hentai Games Factory | |
 | Flying High | older | $14.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Affect3D |
 | PumPum 2 | older | $3.99 | 143 83% | 4.3k | $17k (exactly $17,117) | Shmoops Games |
 | The Magical girl Childhood friend lives Next Door | $9.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Waving.Inc | |
 | Man of Steal (Nymphs) | $14.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Nymphs | |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Villain's Legacy 2 | · EA | $9.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Mad scientist lab |
 | Heart of a Hero - Chapter 1 | $12.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.3k (exactly $2,338) | Kenningsly | |
 | Professor mother-in-law begged me to get pregnant | $9.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | CHEN JIAWEI | |
 | Agent 9 | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Spade 2 Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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