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Should I ship an Incremental FMV?
FMV + Incremental
Only 15 developers shipped an Incremental FMV 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, 恋爱吗？我家猫会后空翻, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $11k, ×23 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $1.4k. Revenue is up 135% on the market; 12 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.3 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $10,782) |
| Top 25% | $73k (exactly $73,448) |
| Top 5% | $452k (exactly $451,948) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 135% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FMV
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- FMV, Incremental
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,778 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Peeping Dorm Manager 2023 · $2.0M 
恋爱吗？我家猫会后空翻 2025 · $452k 
Female Anchor Next Door 2025 · $219k 
Wishful Journey:Love Across Time 2024 · $128k 
Giant Waifu Wash Simulator 💦 2026 · $87k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Peeping Dorm Manager | older | $10.99 | 6,206 92% | 186k | $2.0M (exactly $2,046,118) | HornyDoge |
| | 恋爱吗？我家猫会后空翻 | $9.99 | 1,508 96% | 45k | $452k (exactly $451,948) | 光循花火工作室 | |
| | Female Anchor Next Door | $14.99 | 488 80% | 15k | $219k (exactly $219,454) | 18cmSam, UVKen | |
| | Wishful Journey:Love Across Time | older | $9.99 | 426 88% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Hillhouse Holdings Limited |
| | Giant Waifu Wash Simulator 💦 | $14.99 | 194 65% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $87,242) | Lewd Star | |
 | 天呐！找不到真爱就扑街！ | older | $6.99 | 410 78% | 12k | $86k (exactly $85,977) | 國王互娛King Interactive |
 | NejicomiSimulator TMA02 | older | $22.99 | 114 76% | 3.4k | $79k (exactly $78,626) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
 | Moka Love Relive♪ | $13.99 | 175 93% | 5.3k | $73k (exactly $73,448) | Riot-Cryo | |
 | Fantasy Amusement Park | older | $5.99 | 348 85% | 10k | $63k (exactly $62,536) | Cat Paw Game |
 | Massage With Benefits | $9.99 | 175 84% | 5.3k | $52k (exactly $52,448) | pasunna | |
 | Koumi-Jima after Training with Konomi-chan live2d | $10.99 | 43 55% | 1.3k | $14k (exactly $14,177) | やぶから堂, 青水庵 | |
 | My Royal Maid R | $3.99 | 100 80% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,970) | WAWA | |
 | Light of Reversing Destiny | $5.99 | 60 78% | 1.8k | $11k (exactly $10,782) | HKBOI | |
 | Your Succubus | $6.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | Easyfun Studio | |
 | Local mom is a slut | · EA | $3.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | A-GUI |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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