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Should I ship a Female-Led Political Sim?
Political Sim + Female Protagonist
Only 9 developers shipped a Female-Led Political 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, The Darkest Files, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.2k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×843 the market median. Revenue is up 9585% on the market; 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) |
| Top 25% | $54k (exactly $53,978) |
| Top 5% | $401k (exactly $400,600) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 9585% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Political 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
- Political Sim
- 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 9,359 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Political Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DetectiveFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Board GameFair
- + TabletopFair
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Long Live The Queen 2013 · $1.7M 
The Darkest Files 2025 · $401k 
Headliner: NoviNews 2018 · $322k 
HEADLINER 2017 · $133k 
Queen's Glory 2020 · $131k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Long Live The Queen | older | $9.99 | 5,832 94% | 175k | $1.7M (exactly $1,747,850) | Hanako Games |
| | The Darkest Files | $19.99 | 668 95% | 20k | $401k (exactly $400,600) | Paintbucket Games | |
| | Headliner: NoviNews | older | $13.99 | 767 88% | 23k | $322k (exactly $321,910) | Unbound Creations |
| | HEADLINER | older | $4.99 | 890 76% | 27k | $133k (exactly $133,233) | Unbound Creations |
| | Queen's Glory | older | $6.99 | 624 68% | 19k | $131k (exactly $130,853) | BananaKing, 台灣香蕉王 |
 | Galaxy Princess Zorana | $24.99 | 154 88% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Hanako Games | |
 | Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Fumoto Campsite | older | $19.99 | 151 89% | 4.5k | $91k (exactly $90,555) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
 | Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution | $24.99 | 72 68% | 2.2k | $54k (exactly $53,978) | Studio Imugi | |
 | Cat President ~A More Purrfect Union~ | older | $8.99 | 167 94% | 5.0k | $45k (exactly $45,040) | Oh, a Rock! Studios |
 | Your Crown Is Mine | $18.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $19k (exactly $19,370) | Lyyycaena | |
 | Balorizon | $6.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) | Renka | |
 | Donerksela -Sacred Area- | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | 成長元素研究所 | |
 | Election FighterZ: Kamala vs trump | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Steven Silverstein | |
 | Rumours of a Roman Empire | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Little Black Book Entertainment | |
 | Political Survival - Head of State | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | plausegame7 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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