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Should I ship a Female-Led Desktop Companion?
Desktop Companion + Female Protagonist
Of 21 developers who shipped a Female-Led Desktop Companion 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.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×9.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×582 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 24 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,793) |
| Top 5% | $276k (exactly $276,418) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 220% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Desktop Companion
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Desktop Companion; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Character Customization, Dating Sim, Idler
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $1.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $1.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 24,047 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
Comparable games
Ithya: Magic Studies 2025 · $693k 
your wife 2024 · $276k 
Your Mother 2025 · $251k 
The NOexistenceN of Lilith 2026 · $129k 
NejicomiSimulator TMA01 2023 · $39k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ithya: Magic Studies | $10.99 | 2,103 97% | 63k | $693k (exactly $693,359) | BlueTurtle | |
| | your wife | $0.99 | 9,307 95% | 279k | $276k (exactly $276,418) | HaHaHaGame | |
| | Your Mother | $0.99 | 8,436 92% | 253k | $251k (exactly $250,549) | M for Mother | |
| | The NOexistenceN of Lilith | $1.99 | 2,162 98% | 65k | $129k (exactly $129,071) | Nino Games | |
| | NejicomiSimulator TMA01 | older | $12.99 | 100 76% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
 | With Your Coworker | $0.99 | 1,220 82% | 37k | $36k (exactly $36,234) | 搖滾冰塊 | |
 | Your Cute Wife | older | $18.99 | 41 78% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,358) | 1UP Games |
 | Hocus Focus | $10.99 | 57 91% | 1.7k | $19k (exactly $18,793) | Stuck In Attic | |
 | Your Fiancée | $2.99 | 181 99% | 5.4k | $16k (exactly $16,236) | DigitalDream | |
 | Your Second Wife | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Kygua Tech | |
 | Your Stepmom | $0.99 | 248 73% | 7.4k | $7.4k (exactly $7,366) | smsmsm | |
 | Sister | $0.99 | 198 99% | 5.9k | $5.9k (exactly $5,881) | HaHaHaGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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