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Should I ship a Logic Visual Novel?
Logic + Visual Novel
Of 114 developers who shipped a Logic 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.. 135 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×13 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is flat on the market; 135 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,552) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,515) |
| Top 5% | $651k (exactly $651,383) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 114 |
| Released games | 325 |
| Announced | 135 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 45% more 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.
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic, Visual Novel; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Investigation, Puzzle
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.98 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.98 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 43,583 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 58 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 135 games are announced against 70 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
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The Incident at Galley House 2026 · $2.5M 
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Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest 2026 · $691k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Magical Girl Witch Trials | $29.99 | 29,869 96% | 896k | $27M (exactly $26,873,139) | Acacia, Re,AER | |
| | Murders on the Yangtze River | older | $14.99 | 15,833 96% | 475k | $7.1M (exactly $7,120,100) | OMEGAMES STUDIO |
| | The Incident at Galley House | $19.99 | 4,087 94% | 123k | $2.5M (exactly $2,450,974) | William Rous, Evil Trout Inc. | |
| | Train45 | $10.99 | 3,823 97% | 115k | $1.3M (exactly $1,260,443) | Elniko | |
| | Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest | $24.99 | 922 89% | 28k | $691k (exactly $691,223) | Team Tetrapod | |
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 | Syberia - Remastered | $29.99 | 724 70% | 22k | $651k (exactly $651,383) | Virtuallyz Gaming, Microids Studio Paris | |
 | Murder by Numbers | older | $14.99 | 1,152 85% | 35k | $518k (exactly $518,054) | Mediatonic |
 | Milfy City - Final Edition | older | $19.99 | 710 79% | 21k | $426k (exactly $425,787) | ICSTOR |
 | The Shell Part III: Paradiso | $19.99 | 622 96% | 19k | $373k (exactly $373,013) | Innocent Grey | |
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 | Demons' Timeline | $10.99 | 1,046 97% | 31k | $345k (exactly $344,866) | DigitalCats | |
 | Stellar Code | $24.98 | 448 97% | 13k | $336k (exactly $335,731) | Fragaria |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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