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Typing + Female Protagonist
Of 31 developers who shipped a Female-Led Typing 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.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.0k, ×8.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $900. Revenue is up 475% on the market; 24 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $3,950) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,485) |
| Top 5% | $932k (exactly $932,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 76 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
- 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
- Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Word Game, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, Cute, Text-Based
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 12,601 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Homicipher 2024 · $3.3M 
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Epistory - Typing Chronicles 2016 · $1.8M 
AI2U: With You 'Til The End 2026 · $932k 
Quadrilateral Cowboy 2016 · $538k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Homicipher | $13.99 | 7,821 96% | 235k | $3.3M (exactly $3,282,474) | 八名木Games | |
| | Her Story | older | $9.99 | 8,367 89% | 251k | $2.5M (exactly $2,507,590) | Sam Barlow |
| | Epistory - Typing Chronicles | older | $14.99 | 4,030 94% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,812,291) | Fishing Cactus |
| | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
| | Quadrilateral Cowboy | older | $19.99 | 897 92% | 27k | $538k (exactly $537,931) | Blendo Games |
 | Nanotale - Typing Chronicles | older | $19.99 | 698 77% | 21k | $419k (exactly $418,591) | Fishing Cactus |
 | The Crimson Diamond | older | $14.99 | 653 96% | 20k | $294k (exactly $293,654) | Julia Minamata |
 | Black Lily's Tale | older | $18.99 | 438 86% | 13k | $250k (exactly $249,529) | 1000-REKA |
 | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
 | PROJEKT GODHAND | $15.80 | 158 96% | 4.7k | $75k (exactly $74,892) | Anarch Entertainment | |
 | With Your Coworker | $0.99 | 1,220 82% | 37k | $36k (exactly $36,234) | 搖滾冰塊 | |
 | Pain Pain Go Away! | $9.99 | 100 73% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Lorebard | |
 | S-mail | $2.50 | 286 90% | 8.6k | $21k (exactly $21,450) | S-mail制作组 | |
 | HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island | $8.99 | 50 88% | 1.5k | $13k (exactly $13,485) | BeXide Inc. | |
 | Yuki-Onna Checker | $2.99 | 101 89% | 3.0k | $9.1k (exactly $9,060) | 闇宮 | |
 | Fan Speak | $6.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $8.2k (exactly $8,178) | Fan Speak Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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