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Should I ship a Demon Life Sim?
Life Sim + Demons
Only 16 developers shipped a Demon Life 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, Photomaly, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 360% on the market; 22 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,430) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,689) |
| Top 5% | $271k (exactly $270,932) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 360% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Life Sim; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,017 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Life Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + MusicStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + FaithFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
Comparable games
Monster Prom 2018 · $4.4M 
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition 2024 · $294k 
Photomaly 2026 · $271k 
FemDomination 2 2022 · $131k 
The Unholy Priest 2025 · $111k | 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 |
| | The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition | older | $7.99 | 1,227 90% | 37k | $294k (exactly $294,112) | Chilla's Art |
| | Photomaly | $6.99 | 1,292 89% | 39k | $271k (exactly $270,932) | Revira Interactive | |
| | FemDomination 2 | older | $39.99 | 109 73% | 3.3k | $131k (exactly $130,767) | Citor3 |
| | The Unholy Priest | $9.99 | 370 72% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,889) | Grejuva | |
 | SEX, SIN & ROCK'N'ROLL 🤘🎸 | $14.99 | 109 86% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Lewd Star | |
 | Succubus: SEX Story | older | $9.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,664) | Octo Games |
 | The Story Page | · EA | $7.99 | 103 78% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,689) | SPR-Games |
 | Yogurt Commercial 3 | older | $9.99 | 62 98% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $18,581) | Epic Banana Games LLC |
 | Conductor: Eternal Service | $14.99 | 34 64% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Beshbarmak games | |
 | EmyLiveShow: Demons & Mistresses Tale | $10.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $9.9k (exactly $9,891) | Team Emily | |
 | Bottomless Pit Supervisor | $4.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | sudo make | |
 | SHAWA | $3.00 | 27 70% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,430) | ObeZZZanDev | |
 | Siberian experiment | $0.99 | 32 59% | 960 | $950 (exactly $950) | GiBar | |
 | Demiurge Sacrifice | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Vampy Graveyard |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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