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Should I ship a Dating Sim Tactical game?
Tactical + Dating Sim
Only 13 developers shipped a Dating Sim Tactical 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, DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $11k, ×18 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 120% on the market; 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $34,948) |
| Top 5% | $41M (exactly $41,107,927) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 120% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- 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
- Tactical, Dating Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action, Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 23,705 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS 2025 · $41M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 2017 · $17M 
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada 2025 · $4.0M 
小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop 2021 · $3.0M 
Wars and Roses 2022 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | $69.99 | 19,578 92% | 587k | $41M (exactly $41,107,927) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III | older | $39.99 | 14,436 50% | 433k | $17M (exactly $17,318,869) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)) |
| | SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada | $39.99 | 3,303 40% | 99k | $4.0M (exactly $3,962,609) | Game Studio Inc. | |
| | 小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop | older | $10.99 | 9,176 93% | 275k | $3.0M (exactly $3,025,327) | 落叶岛项目组, 橘子班 |
| | Wars and Roses | older | $19.99 | 2,435 42% | 73k | $1.5M (exactly $1,460,270) | Blaze Worlds |
 | Agarest: Generations of War | older | $14.99 | 1,668 70% | 50k | $750k (exactly $750,100) | Idea Factory |
 | Ledgerbound | $29.99 | 562 92% | 17k | $506k (exactly $505,631) | OmniMegaSuperCorp | |
 | Agarest: Generations of War Zero | older | $19.99 | 350 72% | 11k | $210k (exactly $209,895) | Idea Factory |
 | Love n War: Warlord by Chance | older | $4.99 | 1,305 86% | 39k | $195k (exactly $195,358) | Reborn Entertainment |
 | The Impregnation of the Elves: Conquest of the Arrogant Fairies by Impregnation | older | $10.99 | 467 65% | 14k | $154k (exactly $153,970) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊 |
 | Demon Maiden and Slave Summoning | $10.99 | 106 82% | 3.2k | $35k (exactly $34,948) | Sunspot | |
 | Sex Vault: The Lust-Tec Project | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Ambitious Road | $17.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | 黒木道仁 | |
 | Simp: Leveling Up on a Dating App | $9.99 | 38 65% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | MONSTIVE | |
 | Anime Fart Simulator | $1.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Rizz Games | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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