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Should I ship a Dinosaur Visual Novel?
Visual Novel + Dinosaurs
Only 8 developers shipped a Dinosaur Visual Novel 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, DDinosaur with Double D's, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.8k against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) |
| Top 5% | $162k (exactly $161,679) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
- Dinosaurs
- 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
- Visual Novel
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 11,738 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Visual Novel with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + City BuilderStrong odds
- + MusicStrong odds
- + TrainsStrong odds
- + Souls-likeFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + RhythmFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DiplomacyFair
Comparable games
I Wani Hug that Gator! 2024 · $2.3M 
Goodbye Volcano High 2023 · $1.5M 
Humans are not that against Lizardwomen 2024 · $336k 
Dynopunk 2023 · $205k 
DDinosaur with Double D's 2025 · $162k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | I Wani Hug that Gator! | older | $14.99 | 5,170 98% | 155k | $2.3M (exactly $2,324,949) | Cavemanon |
| | Goodbye Volcano High | older | $29.99 | 1,676 89% | 50k | $1.5M (exactly $1,507,897) | KO_OP |
| | Humans are not that against Lizardwomen | older | $3.99 | 2,807 93% | 84k | $336k (exactly $335,998) | Hue Axis Entertainment |
| | Dynopunk | older | $14.99 | 456 93% | 14k | $205k (exactly $205,063) | Tomato Fantasy Games |
| | DDinosaur with Double D's | $6.99 | 771 97% | 23k | $162k (exactly $161,679) | Kud | |
 | Sex and the Furry Titty 3: Come Inside, Sweety | older | $9.99 | 325 92% | 9.8k | $97k (exactly $97,402) | Furlough Games |
 | Day D: Tower Rush | older | $14.99 | 206 74% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Creobit |
 | Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance | older | $10.99 | 123 94% | 3.7k | $41k (exactly $40,553) | Rocket Adrift |
 | DIY MY LADY | older | $8.99 | 117 54% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,555) | William at Oxford |
 | Kaichu - The Kaiju Dating Sim | older | $9.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,074) | Squiddershins |
 | Gong GO Girl | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | TEAM RESERVOIR DOGAMES | |
 | Party Quickie | $4.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | TheBigO Games | |
 | FURRYVILLE | · EA | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Furry Moon Games |
 | Dino VR Experience | · EA | $9.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Virtual Factory srl |
 | Carpe Dino: Seize the Date | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Black Squirrels Studio Inc. | |
 | The Sex Adventures of a Gladiator | $4.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Lust Zone Studio | |
 | Котыха | $0.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Dima Fyuriy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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