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Should I ship a Female-Led Gambling game?
Gambling + Female Protagonist
Of 20 developers who shipped a Female-Led Gambling game 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.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $810. Revenue is up 475% on the market; 10 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,523) |
| Top 5% | $180k (exactly $179,888) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 475% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 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
- Gambling; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, RPG, Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,849 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Gambling with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceStrong odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Co-opFair
- + FPSFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Card BattlerFair
Comparable games
All in Abyss: Judge the Fake 2025 · $180k 
Dicealot 2025 · $98k 
Midnight Mahjong 2021 · $48k 
Unlucky Mummy 2026 · $38k 
Get Me Out, Please 2023 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | All in Abyss: Judge the Fake | $15.99 | 375 54% | 11k | $180k (exactly $179,888) | ACQUIRE Corp., WSS playground | |
| | Dicealot | $14.99 | 218 78% | 6.5k | $98k (exactly $98,035) | goodviewgames | |
| | Midnight Mahjong | older | $6.99 | 227 64% | 6.8k | $48k (exactly $47,602) | AleCubicSoft |
| | Unlucky Mummy | $4.49 | 281 84% | 8.4k | $38k (exactly $37,851) | Karaclan | |
| | Get Me Out, Please | older | $29.99 | 31 67% | 930 | $28k (exactly $27,891) | D.H Inc., 株式会社ディッジ |
 | Deadly Heart Gambit | $6.99 | 107 90% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Blink Hydrate ブリンク | |
 | Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold'em | older | $4.99 | 118 56% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Zoo Corporation |
 | ENCOUNTER BAR | $0.99 | 590 78% | 18k | $18k (exactly $17,523) | 2R | |
 | The Divine Deception | older | $14.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $17,089) | Themisian |
 | Your Second Wife | $3.99 | 135 84% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Kygua Tech | |
 | Chasing the Dawn / CTD | $8.99 | 54 98% | 1.6k | $15k (exactly $14,564) | Wave Games | |
 | Tie Me, Bind Me, HIT ME! | $7.99 | 53 71% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,704) | Wrapturous DevTeam | |
 | Scary Shadow Spot - All In | $7.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Daniele Doesn't Matter | |
 | ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ | $3.99 | 20 25% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | BG2研 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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