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Should I ship a Romance Inventory Management game?
Inventory Management + Romance
Only 11 developers shipped a Romance Inventory Management 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, Football Life Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $930k, ×1978 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,243) |
| Top 5% | $940k (exactly $939,730) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Inventory Management
- 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
- Inventory Management
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 2,404 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + WargameFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + LogicFair
- + Card GameFair
- + Trading Card GameFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + God GameFair
Comparable games
Football Life Simulator 2025 · EA · $940k 
Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice 2020 · $782k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 2021 · $637k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 2020 · $275k 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 5 2022 · $239k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Football Life Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 1,567 68% | 47k | $940k (exactly $939,730) | Ludu Arts |
| | Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice | older | $34.99 | 745 82% | 22k | $782k (exactly $782,026) | CrazyBunch |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 | older | $4.99 | 4,255 94% | 128k | $637k (exactly $636,974) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 | older | $4.99 | 1,840 94% | 55k | $275k (exactly $275,448) | Lil Hentai Games |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 5 | older | $5.99 | 1,328 93% | 40k | $239k (exactly $238,642) | Lil Hentai Games |
 | ISEKAI FRONTLINE | older | $3.99 | 1,806 77% | 54k | $216k (exactly $216,178) | Studio Ginkgo |
 | Love n Life: Happy Student | $9.99 | 719 81% | 22k | $215k (exactly $215,484) | Reborn Entertainment | |
 | Adorable Crush | older | $2.99 | 630 76% | 19k | $57k (exactly $56,511) | Mature Games |
 | The Tribe Game | older | $19.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Cloud 9 Limited |
 | The Chronicles of Lancelot 2 - The Adventure to Avalon | $24.99 | 23 52% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | Gayeti | |
 | Trial of lust | $8.99 | 35 94% | 1.1k | $9.4k (exactly $9,440) | Broken English | |
 | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
 | 末世信使 | · EA | $8.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Qingyuan PixelBox Network Co., Ltd. |
 | SNOWY MEMORIES | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | quan home | |
 | Royal Romances: Fortunes and Foes Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Farm and Dishes | $11.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DDReN | |
 | DESERT OF ASH: a Post-Apocalyptic Gay Sex Simulator | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Davis G. See |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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