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Should I ship an Inventory Management Visual Novel?
Inventory Management + Visual Novel
Of 21 developers who shipped an Inventory Management Visual Novel 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×364 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $294 (exactly $294) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) |
| Top 5% | $173k (exactly $172,763) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.98 |
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 85% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Inventory Management, Visual Novel; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Resource Management, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $6.98 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.98.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,430 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different second tag, 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
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters 2020 · $1.3M 
Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 2020 · $275k 
ISEKAI FRONTLINE 2023 · $216k 
Love n Life: Happy Student 2025 · $215k 
Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator 2022 · $195k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters | older | $14.99 | 2,810 95% | 84k | $1.3M (exactly $1,263,657) | Dvora Studio Co., Ltd. |
| | Mosaique Neko Waifus 3 | older | $4.99 | 1,840 94% | 55k | $275k (exactly $275,448) | 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 | |
| | Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator | older | $19.99 | 325 73% | 9.8k | $195k (exactly $194,902) | Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, Rob Gross |
 | Disillusion ST | $10.99 | 524 96% | 16k | $173k (exactly $172,763) | Disillusion Dev, Disillusion Dev | |
 | Adorable Crush | older | $2.99 | 630 76% | 19k | $57k (exactly $56,511) | Mature Games |
 | Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning | older | $4.99 | 322 84% | 9.7k | $48k (exactly $48,203) | Entertainment Forge |
 | Cyber Crush 2069 | older | $1.99 | 701 72% | 21k | $42k (exactly $41,850) | Secret Labo |
 | Neoproxima | older | $12.99 | 69 97% | 2.1k | $27k (exactly $26,889) | Lonestone Studio |
 | Merchants of Rosewall | $19.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Big Blue Sky Games | |
 | Book Smugglers | $14.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | FLUXO GAMES | |
 | Schoolgirl Card Pull Simulator | $6.99 | 34 61% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | Violet Soft | |
 | Isekai Mage Girl Gacha Pull Simulator: Elemental Card Collection | $6.99 | 27 74% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | Violet Soft | |
 | Cold Bed on Route | $2.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | Old Retina Museum | |
 | Desideratum: Blood Bonds | · EA | $19.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Anaximanes Entertainment |
 | Teen Zombie In Your Cabin | $5.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Pent Panda | |
 | Path of the Bogatyr | · EA | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | RUzura Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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