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Should I ship an Otome Point & Click game?
Otome + Point & Click
Only 8 developers shipped an Otome Point & Click 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, The World Well: Blood of Caro, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.3k, ×28 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $73k, ×620 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $475 (exactly $475) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $21,942) |
| Top 5% | $74k (exactly $73,738) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Otome, Point & Click
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,476 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Otome with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Comparable games
Komorebi 2023 · $155k 
Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Fumoto Campsite 2021 · $91k 
The Confines Of The Crown 2015 · $87k 
Always Remember Me 2014 · $77k 
The World Well: Blood of Caro 2026 · $74k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Komorebi | older | $19.99 | 258 92% | 7.7k | $155k (exactly $154,723) | Klace |
| | Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Fumoto Campsite | older | $19.99 | 151 89% | 4.5k | $91k (exactly $90,555) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
| | The Confines Of The Crown | older | $14.99 | 193 89% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Hanako Games |
| | Always Remember Me | older | $17.99 | 142 59% | 4.3k | $77k (exactly $76,637) | Winter Wolves |
| | The World Well: Blood of Caro | $11.99 | 205 85% | 6.2k | $74k (exactly $73,738) | Nimparth | |
 | Band Camp Boyfriend | older | $19.99 | 113 96% | 3.4k | $68k (exactly $67,766) | Lovebird Game Studios |
 | 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 |
 | Love ritual | older | $11.99 | 98 57% | 2.9k | $35k (exactly $35,251) | Xand arts |
 | Monstrous Love | older | $5.99 | 170 95% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Ana Pepper, Time Galleon |
 | Amber's Magic Shop | older | $19.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $27,586) | Winter Wolves |
 | TELLURICENE | $11.99 | 61 100% | 1.8k | $22k (exactly $21,942) | DEADline Studios | |
 | Love at The Milky Way Diner | · EA | $13.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $10k (exactly $10,492) | Lucky Kim, Emanuelle Heikens |
 | 《美少女旅馆：可爱即是正义，但正义需要处刑》 | · EA | $4.99 | 22 45% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | ZhiFeng |
 | 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) | |
 | Dirty Fantasy | $0.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $475 (exactly $475) | Fallen Pie | |
 | Mari's Magical Deliveries | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Crystal Game Works | |
 | Your Brother's Requiem | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BeastCarving |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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