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Should I ship a Female-Led Time Management game?
Time Management + Female Protagonist
Of 105 developers who shipped a Female-Led Time Management 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.. 160 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×12 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×631 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 160 games are announced against 56 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,821) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $45,499) |
| Top 5% | $300k (exactly $299,600) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 105 |
| Released games | 265 |
| Announced | 160 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 60% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 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
- Time Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Life Sim, RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 19,110 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 6 in 10 of the 57 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 160 games are announced against 56 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Path Of Wuxia 2022 · $30M 
Volcano Princess 2023 · $15M 
Summer Memories 2020 · $14M 
Youtubers Life 2017 · $8.2M 
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya 2021 · $5.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Path Of Wuxia | older | $34.99 | 28,286 78% | 849k | $30M (exactly $29,691,814) | 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 |
| | Volcano Princess | older | $10.99 | 45,019 97% | 1.4M | $15M (exactly $14,842,764) | 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher |
| | Summer Memories | older | $19.99 | 24,113 92% | 723k | $14M (exactly $14,460,566) | Dojin Otome |
| | Youtubers Life | older | $19.99 | 13,748 77% | 412k | $8.2M (exactly $8,244,676) | UPLAY Online |
| | Touhou Mystia's Izakaya | older | $5.99 | 29,517 98% | 886k | $5.3M (exactly $5,304,205) | 二色幽紫蝶, Re零同人社 |
 | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
 | Magical Princess | $14.99 | 7,636 96% | 229k | $3.4M (exactly $3,433,909) | Neotro Inc., MAGI Inc. | |
 | School Days | $14.99 | 6,023 77% | 181k | $2.7M (exactly $2,708,543) | 白雨工作室 | |
 | Little Goody Two Shoes | older | $19.99 | 2,209 95% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,324,737) | AstralShift |
 | Youtubers Life 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,907 72% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,628) | UPLAY Online |
 | Bloomtown: A Different Story | $24.99 | 1,428 85% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,070,572) | Lazy Bear Games, Different Sense Games | |
 | AV Director Life! | $29.99 | 661 85% | 20k | $595k (exactly $594,702) | TeamKRAMA | |
 | Corruption Town | · EA | $14.99 | 992 88% | 30k | $446k (exactly $446,102) | BoredBasmati |
 | Cook Serve Forever | $29.99 | 333 69% | 10k | $300k (exactly $299,600) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. | |
 | Console Shop Simulator | · EA | $15.99 | 516 92% | 15k | $248k (exactly $247,525) | Lance Games |
 | Dungeon Inn | · EA | $12.99 | 594 92% | 18k | $231k (exactly $231,482) | Cat Society |
 | Kurage Life | $10.99 | 588 90% | 18k | $194k (exactly $193,864) | TAIL-AKI | |
 | Sex Change Contract and Molester Girl | $16.99 | 339 86% | 10k | $173k (exactly $172,788) | 狐狸姊姊（FoxSister） |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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