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Should I ship a Dating Sim Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Dating Sim
Only 17 developers shipped a Dating Sim Turn-Based Tactics 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, Ledgerbound, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $14k, ×22 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $500k, ×805 the market median. Revenue is up 1580% on the market; 33 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $14,032) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,375) |
| Top 5% | $506k (exactly $505,631) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 1580% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics, Dating Sim; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Lore-Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,407 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 7 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Arrogant Kaiju Princess and The Detective Servant 2023 · $1.6M 
Ledgerbound 2026 · $506k 
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition 2016 · $466k 
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Ghost Marriage Matchmaking 2022 · $397k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Arrogant Kaiju Princess and The Detective Servant | older | $14.99 | 3,468 96% | 104k | $1.6M (exactly $1,559,560) | ARTcelerator, PantyParrot |
| | Ledgerbound | $29.99 | 562 92% | 17k | $506k (exactly $505,631) | OmniMegaSuperCorp | |
| | Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition | older | $24.99 | 621 84% | 19k | $466k (exactly $465,564) | Love in Space |
| | WindStop Strategy | $9.99 | 1,494 78% | 45k | $448k (exactly $447,752) | Xia Start | |
| | Ghost Marriage Matchmaking | older | $19.99 | 662 84% | 20k | $397k (exactly $397,001) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊, 非魚工作室 |
 | Latex Dungeon | older | $9.99 | 969 82% | 29k | $290k (exactly $290,409) | GODNASK, ZXC |
 | Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust | older | $18.99 | 472 83% | 14k | $269k (exactly $268,898) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊 |
 | UndercoverAgent | older | $7.99 | 940 81% | 28k | $225k (exactly $225,318) | AleCubicSoft |
 | Love of Magic | older | $14.99 | 417 88% | 13k | $188k (exactly $187,525) | Droid Productions |
 | Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you | $6.99 | 705 92% | 21k | $148k (exactly $147,838) | 红锈雨 | |
 | 九州：立志 | $11.99 | 235 81% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $84,530) | Xbgzs | |
 | Nova Hearts | $19.99 | 84 67% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Lightbulb Crew | |
 | The Cuniculus of Paradise | $16.99 | 57 87% | 1.7k | $29k (exactly $29,053) | Doubles Core | |
 | Aquilon's Sex Quest | $6.99 | 112 70% | 3.4k | $23k (exactly $23,486) | Aquilon | |
 | UltraGirl Alters | $19.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | FutureInvention | |
 | Sex Arena: Passion of Aquilon 💋⚔️ | $6.99 | 95 68% | 2.9k | $20k (exactly $19,922) | Aquilon | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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