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Dating Sim + Zombies
Of 35 developers who shipped a Zombie Dating Sim in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×272 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 17 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,405) |
| Top 5% | $171k (exactly $171,078) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 66 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Zombies
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Dating Sim; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Anime, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,334 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 23 developers 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
Monster Prom 2018 · $4.4M 
SubZero 2026 · $815k 
Seed of the Dead 2018 · $476k 
Her World 2022 · $210k 
EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK- 2018 · $208k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Monster Prom | older | $11.99 | 12,245 93% | 367k | $4.4M (exactly $4,404,526) | Beautiful Glitch |
| | SubZero | $9.99 | 2,719 92% | 82k | $815k (exactly $814,884) | Joy Media Limited | |
| | Seed of the Dead | older | $14.99 | 1,058 79% | 32k | $476k (exactly $475,783) | TeamKRAMA |
| | Her World | older | $14.99 | 467 96% | 14k | $210k (exactly $210,010) | TALESSHOP Co., Ltd. |
| | EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK- | older | $39.99 | 173 87% | 5.2k | $208k (exactly $207,548) | dramatic create |
 | Apocalypse with Femboy | $12.99 | 439 89% | 13k | $171k (exactly $171,078) | Pout Honey | |
 | Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star | older | $14.99 | 288 82% | 8.6k | $130k (exactly $129,514) | Eyeguys, Lorenzo Redaelli |
 | Cursed Lands | older | $24.99 | 124 73% | 3.7k | $93k (exactly $92,963) | Winter Wolves |
 | No Socks RPG | $9.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $86k (exactly $85,714) | Spicyfuse | |
 | Anime vs Evil: Apocalypse | older | $14.99 | 179 74% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Axyos Games |
 | Lustful Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 267 49% | 8.0k | $80k (exactly $80,020) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Lust 'n Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 212 66% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,536) | Octo Games | |
 | World of Witchcraft | $9.99 | 94 59% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Mystic Sin Creations | |
 | Saviour of the Wasteland | $9.99 | 84 78% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | PTGames | |
 | Sex Vault: The Lust-Tec Project | $9.99 | 79 83% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | 翎之歌 | $6.99 | 83 89% | 2.5k | $17k (exactly $17,405) | YuKi制作组, 崩溃猛犸 | |
 | Alien Agent X | · EA | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | SGALIEN.Software.US |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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