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Logic + Romance
Of 53 developers who shipped a Romance Logic game 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.. 59 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×5.3 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×495 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 59 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $208 (exactly $208) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $4.7k (exactly $4,740) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 310 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $0.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Visual Novel, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $0.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $0.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,351 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. Nearly all of the 64 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Automobile SimFair
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Milfy City - Final Edition | older | $19.99 | 710 79% | 21k | $426k (exactly $425,787) | ICSTOR |
| | Stellar Code | $24.98 | 448 97% | 13k | $336k (exactly $335,731) | Fragaria | |
| | Rail of Möbius | older | $12.99 | 359 93% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | PHOSEPO |
| | Inverted Angel | older | $6.99 | 563 90% | 17k | $118k (exactly $118,061) | SCIKA |
| | Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn | $14.99 | 250 92% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games) | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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