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Should I ship an Incremental Otome?
Otome + Incremental
Only 12 developers shipped an Incremental Otome 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, Only You, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.0k, ×59 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $2.8k. Revenue is up 345% on the market; 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×1.2 per shipper.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.8k (exactly $2,848) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,639) |
| Top 5% | $151k (exactly $150,774) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 345% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Otome
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Otome, Incremental
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 1,070 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.9k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Otome with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Immersive SimPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Interactive FictionPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Word GamePoor odds
- + MysteryPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Only You 2026 · $151k 
Embarrassed Shina-chan~ the Naked Wandering College Girl 2023 · $100k 
Andromeda Six 2025 · EA · $43k 
NejicomiSimulator TMA01 2023 · $39k 
Spirited Heart Deluxe 2014 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Only You | $6.99 | 719 94% | 22k | $151k (exactly $150,774) | 忘雪社 | |
| | Embarrassed Shina-chan~ the Naked Wandering College Girl | older | $19.99 | 167 60% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | かわいそうなのは抜ける |
| | Andromeda Six | · EA | $14.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Wanderlust Games |
| | NejicomiSimulator TMA01 | older | $12.99 | 100 76% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
| | Spirited Heart Deluxe | older | $19.99 | 54 46% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Winter Wolves |
 | Lunar maiden, River-side Angel, and the Godlike moment | older | $10.99 | 74 86% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,398) | サキュレント |
 | Salvus: Aries | · EA | $14.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Rosemilk Studio |
 | Paper2Galgame | · EA | $5.99 | 75 88% | 2.3k | $13k (exactly $13,478) | TamikiP |
 | Sunny Beach Dolls | · EA older | $14.99 | 24 83% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Sweet Heaven |
 | Love at The Milky Way Diner | · EA | $13.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $10k (exactly $10,492) | Lucky Kim, Emanuelle Heikens |
 | The happiness of maggots | $4.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | 君羊 | |
 | 幻觉病理 | $5.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $6.5k (exactly $6,469) | 水仙肉桂 | |
 | Saccharine Echo | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Neverliss | |
 | Love Cult | $18.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.8k (exactly $2,848) | Nochi Studios | |
 | Doki Doki: School of Muscular Finance | $19.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | The Thinker Cat, Plumko, WeissGarden, J… (The Thinker Cat, Plumko, WeissGarden, Just Kidding Entertainment) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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