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Should I ship a WWII Dating Sim?
Dating Sim + World War II
Only 2 developers shipped a WWII Dating Sim in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 2 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $280k against a market of $630. 2 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $23k (exactly $22,623) |
|---|---|
| Median | $50k (exactly $50,050) |
| Top 25% | $120k (exactly $120,479) |
| Top 5% | $276k (exactly $276,418) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 2 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
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
- World War II
- 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
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 38,095 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $23k. 2 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dating Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WarStrong odds
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Souls-likeStrong odds
- + AliensStrong odds
- + PlatformerStrong odds
- + HistoricalFair
- + FPSFair
- + Post-apocalypticFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + TacticalFair
Comparable games
Azur Lane Crosswave 2020 · $7.8M 
Maitetsu:Last Run!! 2020 · $4.6M 
Maitetsu:Pure Station 2018 · $2.4M 
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™ 2022 · $1.8M 
Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World- 2022 · $852k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Azur Lane Crosswave | older | $39.99 | 6,537 68% | 196k | $7.8M (exactly $7,842,439) | IDEA FACTORY, COMPILE HEART, FELISTELLA |
| | Maitetsu:Last Run!! | older | $34.99 | 4,425 97% | 133k | $4.6M (exactly $4,644,922) | Lose |
| | Maitetsu:Pure Station | older | $24.99 | 3,151 96% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,362,305) | Lose |
| | Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™ | older | $9.99 | 6,039 90% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,809,888) | Psyop |
| | Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World- | older | $39.99 | 710 88% | 21k | $852k (exactly $851,787) | Laplacian |
 | Flowers -Le volume sur ete- | older | $19.99 | 1,205 99% | 36k | $723k (exactly $722,638) | Innocent Grey |
 | SEX with HITLER | older | $6.99 | 3,358 81% | 101k | $704k (exactly $704,173) | Adolf Games |
 | Sex with Stalin | older | $5.99 | 2,217 83% | 67k | $398k (exactly $398,395) | Mova Games |
 | Panzermadels: Tank Dating Simulator | older | $9.99 | 1,146 91% | 34k | $343k (exactly $343,456) | DEVGRU-P |
 | your wife | $0.99 | 9,307 95% | 279k | $276k (exactly $276,418) | HaHaHaGame | |
 | A Foreign World | $19.99 | 167 84% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | HighbornTiger |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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