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Should I ship a Romance Resource Management game?
Resource Management + Romance
Of 33 developers who shipped a Romance Resource Management 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.. 64 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×270 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 64 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 25% | $7.7k (exactly $7,740) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $128,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 64 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 215% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Adventure, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 4,138 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 64 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Potionomics 2022 · $5.2M 
Fabledom 2024 · $4.3M 
Kaiju Princess 2022 · $2.0M 
Kaiju Princess 2 2024 · $1.7M 
Little Goody Two Shoes 2023 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
| | Fabledom | older | $20.99 | 6,772 85% | 203k | $4.3M (exactly $4,264,328) | Grenaa Games |
| | Kaiju Princess | older | $10.99 | 6,069 95% | 182k | $2.0M (exactly $2,000,949) | PantyParrot |
| | Kaiju Princess 2 | $17.99 | 3,107 96% | 93k | $1.7M (exactly $1,676,848) | PantyParrot | |
| | Little Goody Two Shoes | older | $19.99 | 2,209 95% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,324,737) | AstralShift |
 | 风信楼 | older | $11.99 | 3,423 94% | 103k | $1.2M (exactly $1,231,253) | Pingfang Games |
 | Lakeburg Legacies | older | $27.58 | 1,302 71% | 39k | $1.1M (exactly $1,077,275) | Ishtar Games |
 | Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip | older | $11.99 | 2,823 98% | 85k | $1.0M (exactly $1,015,433) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 | older | $4.99 | 4,255 94% | 128k | $637k (exactly $636,974) | Lil Hentai Games |
 | Buoyancy | · EA older | $12.99 | 808 54% | 24k | $315k (exactly $314,878) | Devs on a Boat |
 | Immoral-Bathhouse | $8.99 | 476 80% | 14k | $128k (exactly $128,377) | 奶油貓工作室, バター貓スタジオ | |
 | Unaware in The City | $5.99 | 194 81% | 5.8k | $35k (exactly $34,862) | Mr. Unaware Studios | |
 | Cupiclaw | $9.99 | 115 87% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | Typin | |
 | My Heaven's Dale | $11.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $23,740) | DreamingCat | |
 | My Summer Vacation | $8.99 | 86 67% | 2.6k | $23k (exactly $23,194) | Yamato Soft | |
 | Crypterion | $12.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $12k (exactly $12,081) | Roencia | |
 | Thieves Of Dingirra | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Winter Wolves | |
 | Almost Castaways | $12.90 | 20 100% | 600 | $7.7k (exactly $7,740) | Pent Panda | |
 | Lighthouse Duty With Tsundere | $6.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $6.7k (exactly $6,710) | Rodrigo Piedras |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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