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Should I ship an Otome Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Otome
Of 24 developers who shipped an Otome Immersive Sim 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.. 30 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $11k, ×7.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $220k, ×149 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,228) |
| Top 25% | $45k (exactly $44,908) |
| Top 5% | $223k (exactly $223,144) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Otome
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Otome; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dating Sim, Visual Novel, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Comedy, Funny, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,579 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.4k. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Trading Card GameStrong odds
- + MinigamesStrong odds
- + WesternStrong odds
- + BoxingStrong odds
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Split ScreenFair
Comparable games
Sensei! I Like You So Much! 2025 · $665k 
Arcadia Fallen 2021 · $378k 
Bewitching Sinners 2024 · $277k 
INtLOVErt Game Club 2025 · $223k 
Trap of MUSK:Europe Night 2023 · $184k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sensei! I Like You So Much! | $16.99 | 1,304 86% | 39k | $665k (exactly $664,649) | LaoO Studio (Shanghai Ou Ou Xi Network… (LaoO Studio (Shanghai Ou Ou Xi Network Technology Co. LTD）) | |
| | Arcadia Fallen | older | $24.99 | 504 94% | 15k | $378k (exactly $377,849) | Galdra Studios |
| | Bewitching Sinners | older | $17.99 | 513 94% | 15k | $277k (exactly $276,866) | Miss Xero |
| | INtLOVErt Game Club | $39.99 | 186 96% | 5.6k | $223k (exactly $223,144) | じょせふ | |
| | Trap of MUSK:Europe Night | older | $29.99 | 204 67% | 6.1k | $184k (exactly $183,539) | IDEA FACTORY, Frontier Works |
 | Salty Hounds | · EA older | $19.99 | 253 73% | 7.6k | $152k (exactly $151,724) | Topping Palette |
 | Arcadia Fallen II | $29.99 | 165 98% | 5.0k | $148k (exactly $148,450) | Galdra Studios | |
 | 撩妹模拟器：渣男的秘密 | older | $6.99 | 491 83% | 15k | $103k (exactly $102,963) | DeerRiver |
 | Mythic Love: Iberian Legends | $12.99 | 251 92% | 7.5k | $98k (exactly $97,815) | Platonic Games | |
 | lovebyte.exe | · EA | $11.99 | 253 96% | 7.6k | $91k (exactly $91,004) | Nochi Studios |
 | ChuChu | $13.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $45k (exactly $44,908) | 爱的氧气罐制作组 | |
 | Andromeda Six | · EA | $14.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Wanderlust Games |
 | Phantom of the Twilight | $18.99 | 67 77% | 2.0k | $38k (exactly $38,170) | Lumiere Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Lover's Enigma | $11.99 | 98 87% | 2.9k | $35k (exactly $35,251) | FallenCranberry Studio | |
 | Princess Paradise | $19.99 | 53 73% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | サキュレント |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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