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Should I ship a Romance Grid-Based Movement game?
Grid-Based Movement + Romance
Only 6 developers shipped a Romance Grid-Based Movement 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, Midnight Sin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×489 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) |
| Top 5% | $232k (exactly $232,084) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 81% positive over 414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Midnight Sin 2026 · $232k 
Felix The Reaper 2019 · $65k 
Erocism 2024 · $9.2k 
Burning Faith 2022 · $3.6k 
Savoring Sword 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Midnight Sin | $19.99 | 387 82% | 12k | $232k (exactly $232,084) | Faerin Games | |
| | Felix The Reaper | older | $9.99 | 217 80% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,035) | Kong Orange |
| | Erocism | older | $6.99 | 44 68% | 1.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,227) | Momentum Games |
| | Burning Faith | older | $14.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | ID Card |
| | Savoring Sword | older | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | CupCupMug |
 | Cupid Kiss | older | $2.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) | Supernova Games |
 | Gakuin Makyo ~High School Crisis~ | $1.99 | 18 50% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | PISOFT Co., Ltd. | |
 | Cardful Planning | older | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Walk Home Games |
 | Searching Light | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Clovertales | |
 | Headspace | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | DoctorLoops | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Lily | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Sexy Baguette Studio | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Selena | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Sexy Baguette Studio | |
 | 2048 Dreams | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fizzle Pop Games | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Reika | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sexy Baguette Studio | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Cathy | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sexy Baguette Studio | |
 | Hentai Puzzle: Alerinna | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sexy Baguette Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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