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Should I ship a Demon Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Demons
Of 60 developers who shipped a Demon Immersive 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.. 65 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×1.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×103 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 65 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $420 (exactly $420) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,090) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,434) |
| Top 5% | $154k (exactly $153,710) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 60 |
| Released games | 136 |
| Announced | 65 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 62% positive over 5,528 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 7 in 10 of the 37 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Blood West 2023 · $4.6M 
Solium Infernum 2024 · $1.9M 
Sex, Please 2024 · $583k 
DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER 2025 · $555k 
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition 2024 · $294k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Blood West | older | $24.99 | 6,132 90% | 184k | $4.6M (exactly $4,597,160) | Hyperstrange |
| | Solium Infernum | older | $39.99 | 1,571 88% | 47k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,729) | League of Geeks |
| | Sex, Please | older | $5.99 | 3,243 74% | 97k | $583k (exactly $582,767) | Evil Boobs Cult |
| | DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER | $7.99 | 2,314 49% | 69k | $555k (exactly $554,666) | Digital Cybercherries | |
| | The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition | older | $7.99 | 1,227 90% | 37k | $294k (exactly $294,112) | Chilla's Art |
 | Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. | older | $9.99 | 860 93% | 26k | $258k (exactly $257,742) | D&A Studios |
 | The Escape: Together | · EA older | $3.99 | 2,023 79% | 61k | $242k (exactly $242,153) | Nightstuff Games |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 6 | older | $11.99 | 652 94% | 20k | $235k (exactly $234,524) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games |
 | [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備 | older | $7.99 | 874 88% | 26k | $209k (exactly $209,498) | Chilla's Art |
 | Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator | $14.99 | 373 70% | 11k | $168k (exactly $167,738) | Chreseeba Games | |
 | FUTA RUNNER: Big Dick Edition | $6.99 | 733 66% | 22k | $154k (exactly $153,710) | Evil Boobs Cult | |
 | Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ | $7.99 | 611 78% | 18k | $146k (exactly $146,457) | Chilla's Art | |
 | The Unholy Priest | $9.99 | 370 72% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,889) | Grejuva | |
 | Dream Cage | $7.99 | 298 63% | 8.9k | $71k (exactly $71,431) | Hitori De Productions | |
 | Abnormality | · EA | $9.99 | 229 72% | 6.9k | $69k (exactly $68,631) | Nightmare Studios |
 | Creepy Shift: House For Sale | $6.99 | 291 92% | 8.7k | $61k (exactly $61,023) | Night Shift Team | |
 | Snowed Under | 雪葬 | $7.99 | 194 60% | 5.8k | $47k (exactly $46,502) | Chilla's Art | |
 | 108 Silly Ways to Die | $10.99 | 115 73% | 3.5k | $38k (exactly $37,916) | SEED Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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