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Should I ship a War Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + War
Only 8 developers shipped a War 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, DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $100k, ×159 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $6.2k. Revenue is up 2960% on the market; 3 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×0.6 per shipper.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
|---|---|
| Median | $100k (exactly $100,150) |
| Top 25% | $3.0M (exactly $2,959,252) |
| Top 5% | $41M (exactly $41,107,927) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $17.99 |
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 2960% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dating Sim
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Dating Sim
- Price point
- $17.99 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 51,930 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.3k. 3 games are announced against 5 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
- + NoirFair
Comparable games
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS 2025 · $41M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 2017 · $17M 
The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall 2026 · $3.0M 
Baldr Sky 2019 · $2.3M 
The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth 2026 · $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)) |
| | The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall | $11.99 | 8,227 58% | 247k | $3.0M (exactly $2,959,252) | 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) | |
| | Baldr Sky | older | $49.99 | 1,524 93% | 46k | $2.3M (exactly $2,285,543) | Sekai Project |
| | The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth | $19.99 | 2,564 91% | 77k | $1.5M (exactly $1,537,631) | 玛奇阿朵互娱科技, 山与海工作室 | |
 | Wars and Roses | older | $19.99 | 2,435 42% | 73k | $1.5M (exactly $1,460,270) | Blaze Worlds |
 | Flowers -Le volume sur ete- | older | $19.99 | 1,205 99% | 36k | $723k (exactly $722,638) | Innocent Grey |
 | Ravager | · EA older | $19.99 | 909 93% | 27k | $545k (exactly $545,127) | 4MinuteWarning |
 | Citadels | older | $14.99 | 375 13% | 11k | $169k (exactly $168,638) | Games Distillery s.r.o. |
 | FURRY HITLER | older | $6.99 | 677 78% | 20k | $142k (exactly $141,967) | Furry Tails |
 | A Foreign World | $19.99 | 167 84% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | HighbornTiger | |
 | Ambitious Road | $17.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | 黒木道仁 | |
 | Kebabstar 🌯⭐ | · EA | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Zeybek |
 | Fell in love with the Nobility girl As a member of the rebel organization | $6.99 | 28 78% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | selenophobia | |
 | BROKEN God Awakening | $4.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | lamb of game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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