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Should I ship a Sci-fi Otome?
Otome + Sci-fi
Only 5 developers shipped a Sci-fi Otome 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, SIGILLVM: RESONANCE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.1k against a market of $480. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,492) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $11,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Otome
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 899 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.7k. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Otome with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalStrong odds
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + 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
Gilded Shadows 2022 · $146k 
Synthetic Lover 2022 · $73k 
Cardinal Cross 2018 · $63k 
Apex Heroines 2024 · $55k 
Date Warp 2014 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gilded Shadows | older | $29.99 | 162 93% | 4.9k | $146k (exactly $145,751) | Steamberry Studio |
| | Synthetic Lover | older | $24.99 | 97 85% | 2.9k | $73k (exactly $72,721) | HeartCoreDev |
| | Cardinal Cross | older | $11.99 | 175 94% | 5.3k | $63k (exactly $62,948) | LarkyLabs |
| | Apex Heroines | older | $19.99 | 91 87% | 2.7k | $55k (exactly $54,573) | XIAOXIAO STUDIO |
| | Date Warp | older | $9.99 | 159 88% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,652) | Hanako Games |
 | 长明火计划 Project: Eternal Flame | older | $19.99 | 77 88% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | 唐扬Studio |
 | Planet Stronghold | older | $18.99 | 50 72% | 1.5k | $28k (exactly $28,485) | Winter Wolves |
 | Area-X | older | $24.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $20k (exactly $20,242) | Zeiva Inc |
 | Belle Automata: Chronicle I | older | $19.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Jellyfish Parade |
 | ＜/reality＞ | older | $11.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $13,309) | Fancy Fish Games |
 | SIGILLVM: RESONANCE | $9.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Levistok | |
 | Love at The Milky Way Diner | · EA | $13.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $10k (exactly $10,492) | Lucky Kim, Emanuelle Heikens |
 | 迷雾岛屿：9号万能试剂 | $3.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Bio.no.187 | |
 | Maid Mech | $2.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Dark Arrow Studio | |
 | The Automaton of Second London | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Drone Garden Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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