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Should I ship a Female-Led Trading game?
Trading + Female Protagonist
Only 12 developers shipped a Female-Led Trading 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, Console Shop Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $240k, ×521 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 27 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,404) |
| Top 5% | $248k (exactly $247,525) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Trading
- 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
- Trading
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,078 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 27 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Trading with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
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Comparable games
Sailing Era 2023 · $3.4M 
Gym Simulator 24 2024 · $986k 
Dust to the End 2021 · $387k 
Console Shop Simulator 2025 · EA · $248k 
Concubine 2025 · EA · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sailing Era | older | $24.99 | 4,565 78% | 137k | $3.4M (exactly $3,422,380) | GY Games |
| | Gym Simulator 24 | older | $12.99 | 2,531 84% | 76k | $986k (exactly $986,331) | Red Axe Games |
| | Dust to the End | older | $11.99 | 1,076 78% | 32k | $387k (exactly $387,037) | Haojoy Game, Zjoy Game |
| | Console Shop Simulator | · EA | $15.99 | 516 92% | 15k | $248k (exactly $247,525) | Lance Games |
| | Concubine | · EA | $14.99 | 517 81% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | Upgrade Entertainment |
 | Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2 | older | $6.99 | 684 89% | 21k | $143k (exactly $143,435) | Lonely Troops |
 | Uncharted Ocean | older | $4.99 | 563 70% | 17k | $84k (exactly $84,281) | HiRabbitgame |
 | Booze Masters: Freezing Moonshine | older | $14.99 | 97 83% | 2.9k | $44k (exactly $43,621) | Asmodev |
 | The Emerald Tablet | older | $19.99 | 21 57% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | {uni} |
 | Moonlight Basket | older | $6.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $9.4k (exactly $9,436) | Inu to Neko |
 | Prostitute Simulator 3 | $12.99 | 19 31% | 570 | $7.4k (exactly $7,404) | Doky | |
 | Destination Gemini | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Hubert Cachat | |
 | Starving Merchant | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | VordieDev | |
 | TDM : Task Drill Maniac | · EA | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | ZETACORE INC. |
 | From Aristocrat's Pet to Culinary Queen: Reigning Over Flavors and Forbidden Desires | $3.29 | 4 25% | 120 | $395 (exactly $395) | Myriad | |
 | Galleons of Fortune: Pioneers | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Grupo Axertia, Carrera de Indias | |
 | Redlight : Shop Empire | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Draconum Games |
 | Fayrehaven | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Cosynook Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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