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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Romance Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Romance

Only 15 developers shipped a Romance Score Attack 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, SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×38449 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 85% on the market, 7 announced, ×1.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Romance
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $183k → $386 → $2.2k → $2.5k → $143k → $120 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Romance: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $1.3k (exactly $1,317)
Top 25% $56k (exactly $56,372)
Top 5% $18M (exactly $18,263,347)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 49
Announced 7
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $4.99

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 85% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Romance
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 13,311 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.3k, 1 in 4 over $56k, 1 in 20 over $18M.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS 2024 · $18M Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny 2025 · $597k Gal*Gun Returns 2021 · $360k SpunkStock: Music Festival 2023 · $183k Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To 2025 · $143k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS $49.99 12,178 96% 365k $18M (exactly $18,263,347) Sonic Team
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny $29.99 663 85% 20k $597k (exactly $596,501) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Gal*Gun Returns older $49.99 240 85% 7.2k $360k (exactly $359,928) INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
SpunkStock: Music Festival older $14.99 406 95% 12k $183k (exactly $182,578) RegulusNSFW
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To $19.99 239 94% 7.2k $143k (exactly $143,328) Soft Not Weak, LLC
DaemonBride:ADDITIONAL GAIN $19.99 94 82% 2.8k $56k (exactly $56,372) Team Arcana, Kizawaya
Mon Amour older $8.99 58 96% 1.7k $16k (exactly $15,643) Onion Games
Flappatron older $1.99 140 95% 4.2k $8.4k (exactly $8,358) Dexter Manning
Erogoddess: Mirage $5.99 33 96% 990 $5.9k (exactly $5,930) Moobly
Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Breakup! older $6.99 27 100% 810 $5.7k (exactly $5,662) Eastasiasoft Limited
Casting Clicker $2.99 63 76% 1.9k $5.7k (exactly $5,651) Inspite
EmyLiveShow: BossRush $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Team Emily
Soul Stake $3.99 11 90% 330 $1.3k (exactly $1,317) Tap-Tap Legends
Clicker Astro Planet $1.99 10 50% 300 $597 (exactly $597) LunaSmith
Kanojo Panic $4.99 3 33% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Kukuri Soft

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.