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Should I ship a Visual Novel Diplomacy game?
Diplomacy + Visual Novel
Only 16 developers shipped a Visual Novel Diplomacy game 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, The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.4k, ×8.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 200% on the market; 19 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,370) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 200% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Diplomacy
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Diplomacy, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,825 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Diplomacy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Space SimLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
Comparable games
The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian 2026 · $1.0M 
Ambition: A Minuet in Power 2021 · $210k 
This Is the President 2021 · $161k 
I Am Your President 2023 · $118k 
Galaxy Princess Zorana 2025 · $115k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian | $24.99 | 1,356 74% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) | Schisma Games | |
| | Ambition: A Minuet in Power | older | $20.99 | 334 85% | 10k | $210k (exactly $210,320) | Joy Manufacturing Co. |
| | This Is the President | older | $14.99 | 359 67% | 11k | $161k (exactly $161,442) | SuperPAC |
| | I Am Your President | older | $14.99 | 263 66% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $118,271) | President |
| | Galaxy Princess Zorana | $24.99 | 154 88% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Hanako Games | |
 | Palais de Reine | older | $29.99 | 123 86% | 3.7k | $111k (exactly $110,663) | KOGADO STUDIO |
 | Quarantine Circular | older | $5.99 | 432 88% | 13k | $78k (exactly $77,630) | Bithell Games |
 | HaremKingdom | older | $29.99 | 84 83% | 2.5k | $76k (exactly $75,575) | Smee |
 | The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain | older | $2.99 | 597 96% | 18k | $54k (exactly $53,551) | Randumb Studios |
 | Lunar Ascendant | $14.99 | 86 44% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $38,674) | Darts Games | |
 | Your Crown Is Mine | $18.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $19k (exactly $19,370) | Lyyycaena | |
 | Dictator Simulator: Gradnar | $4.99 | 84 97% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | GortagonGame | |
 | Irbet Tong | $6.99 | 56 100% | 1.7k | $12k (exactly $11,743) | Kyhynngy Oyuur | |
 | Donutal | $9.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Arc System Works | |
 | My Liege | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | SugoiPenguin Gaming | |
 | Alexandria IV | $11.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | J. M. Beraldo, Time Galleon | |
 | The Princess's Tower | · EA | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Infernal Empire Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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