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Should I ship a Supernatural Otome?
Otome + Supernatural
Only 7 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, Mythic Love: Iberian Legends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.7k, ×12 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $97k, ×206 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) |
| Top 25% | $35k (exactly $35,251) |
| Top 5% | $98k (exactly $97,815) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Otome
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Otome
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,108 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 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
7'scarlet 2019 · $716k 
EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK- 2018 · $208k 
Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome 2020 · $115k 
When The Night Comes 2021 · $113k 
Mythic Love: Iberian Legends 2026 · $98k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 7'scarlet | older | $29.99 | 796 74% | 24k | $716k (exactly $716,161) | IDEA FACTORY, TOYBOX |
| | EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK- | older | $39.99 | 173 87% | 5.2k | $208k (exactly $207,548) | dramatic create |
| | Love Spell: Written In The Stars - a magical romantic-comedy otome | older | $18.99 | 201 94% | 6.0k | $115k (exactly $114,510) | Great Gretuski Studios |
| | When The Night Comes | older | $12.99 | 289 92% | 8.7k | $113k (exactly $112,623) | Lunaris Games |
| | Mythic Love: Iberian Legends | $12.99 | 251 92% | 7.5k | $98k (exactly $97,815) | Platonic Games | |
 | First Bite | older | $9.99 | 149 84% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,655) | First Bite Games |
 | Particles of Reality | older | $29.99 | 49 89% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | Arewar Games |
 | The Radiants | older | $16.99 | 75 82% | 2.3k | $38k (exactly $38,228) | Rose Arcana Games |
 | Lover's Enigma | $11.99 | 98 87% | 2.9k | $35k (exactly $35,251) | FallenCranberry Studio | |
 | Area-X | older | $24.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $20k (exactly $20,242) | Zeiva Inc |
 | AnnaRedux | $19.99 | 29 79% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | 那什么游戏制作日记 | |
 | Trap for the Heir | $8.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | MariLuzaria | |
 | Endless Dream | · EA | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | 濒危生物同好会 |
 | The Night That Reaches a God | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | DiveCat | |
 | Dreaming Briar Rose -Demon's Temptation- | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | sweet ampoule |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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