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Should I ship a Female-Led Medical Sim?
Medical Sim + Female Protagonist
Only 8 developers shipped a Female-Led Medical 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, Orgasm Lab Simulator 💦🍌, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×7.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $53k, ×113 the market median. Revenue is up 1425% on the market; 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $21,576) |
| Top 5% | $54k (exactly $53,514) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1425% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Medical Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Medical Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 8,966 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Medical Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Point & ClickPoor odds
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + Resource ManagementPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
The Mortuary Assistant 2022 · $5.4M 
Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal 2016 · $484k 
Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat 2017 · $197k 
Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath 2020 · $109k 
Heart's Medicine - Season One 2020 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Mortuary Assistant | older | $24.99 | 7,269 92% | 218k | $5.4M (exactly $5,449,569) | DarkStone Digital |
| | Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal | older | $19.99 | 807 93% | 24k | $484k (exactly $483,958) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
| | Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat | older | $19.99 | 328 95% | 9.8k | $197k (exactly $196,702) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
| | Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath | older | $19.99 | 181 62% | 5.4k | $109k (exactly $108,546) | Blue Giraffe, GameHouse |
| | Heart's Medicine - Season One | older | $19.99 | 100 79% | 3.0k | $60k (exactly $59,970) | Big Blue Studios, GameHouse |
 | Orgasm Lab Simulator 💦🍌 | $14.99 | 119 69% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Songs of Life | $8.99 | 80 81% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,576) | DreamStep | |
 | Syntherapy | older | $14.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | Crowned Daemon Studios |
 | Alien Morgue | $7.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | BurGum Games | |
 | Pet Vet 3D Animal Hospital | older | $11.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $7.6k (exactly $7,554) | BrainGame |
 | Cure for Danmaku Synd | $6.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | ToAge | |
 | Nursing Simulator—Code Ube | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Mobile Nursing LLC | |
 | Out of Your Mind | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | 32 bita | |
 | Queen Naeja's Desires | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | SongGame | |
 | Alisa’s Incident Report | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Nagi Kurokawa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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