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Should I ship a Romance Fishing game?
Fishing + Romance
Only 14 developers shipped a Romance Fishing 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, Island Notes, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $47k, ×99 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $19k; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×725 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $19k (exactly $18,936) |
|---|---|
| Median | $47k (exactly $46,792) |
| Top 25% | $136k (exactly $135,696) |
| Top 5% | $344k (exactly $344,495) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Fishing
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,316 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $19k. 3 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Fishing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingFair
- + AutomationFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Farming SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Littlewood 2020 · $2.7M 
Rune Factory 5 2022 · $2.3M 
Rune Factory 4 Special 2021 · $1.9M 
Rune Factory 3 Special 2023 · $881k 
Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos 2023 · $555k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Littlewood | older | $14.99 | 6,083 93% | 182k | $2.7M (exactly $2,735,525) | Sean Young |
| | Rune Factory 5 | older | $39.99 | 1,940 76% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,327,418) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 4 Special | older | $29.99 | 2,070 88% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,862,379) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 3 Special | older | $39.99 | 734 94% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos | older | $49.99 | 370 73% | 11k | $555k (exactly $554,889) | Appci Inc., Natsume Inc. |
 | Slow living with Princess | older | $19.99 | 580 87% | 17k | $348k (exactly $347,826) | KADOKAWA, TSUKURITE. |
 | Island Notes | $12.99 | 884 82% | 27k | $344k (exactly $344,495) | KangBaoGame | |
 | Lakeview Valley | older | $14.99 | 710 82% | 21k | $319k (exactly $319,287) | Roope Tamminen |
 | World's Dawn | older | $9.99 | 736 80% | 22k | $221k (exactly $220,579) | Wayward Prophet |
 | On Your Tail | $19.99 | 292 87% | 8.8k | $175k (exactly $175,112) | Memorable Games | |
 | Orange Season | $14.99 | 364 59% | 11k | $164k (exactly $163,691) | Innerfire Studios | |
 | Summer Beach | $24.99 | 181 66% | 5.4k | $136k (exactly $135,696) | Sakura Cat | |
 | NTR Hunter | $14.99 | 119 78% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | Team18 | |
 | Call of Boba | · EA | $12.99 | 125 67% | 3.8k | $49k (exactly $48,712) | Tomatoast, Tomatoast |
 | Shujinkou | $59.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $47k (exactly $46,792) | Rice Games Inc | |
 | My Heaven's Dale | $11.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $23,740) | DreamingCat | |
 | 片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish | $3.99 | 180 99% | 5.4k | $22k (exactly $21,546) | 斜塔ソンブレロ | |
 | Sky Harvest | · EA | $7.99 | 79 84% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Armored Cat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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