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Should I ship a Romance Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Romance
Only 10 developers shipped a Romance Shoot 'Em Up 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, Milky Rush-Two Paths, 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: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $660. Revenue is up 630% on the market; 7 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $659 (exactly $659) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 5% | $8.0k (exactly $8,020) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 up 630% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Romance
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 80% positive over 142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MusicPoor odds
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Comparable games
BoneCraft 2019 · $113k 
AHEGAL 2018 · $70k 
Epido 2019 · $67k 
Hentai Girl Division 2019 · $53k 
Breeding Village 2019 · $41k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BoneCraft | older | $14.99 | 252 80% | 7.6k | $113k (exactly $113,324) | D-Dub Software |
| | AHEGAL | older | $1.99 | 1,165 88% | 35k | $70k (exactly $69,550) | OppaiMan 2D |
| | Epido | older | $1.99 | 1,114 92% | 33k | $67k (exactly $66,506) | SekaiFrieden |
| | Hentai Girl Division | older | $1.99 | 895 81% | 27k | $53k (exactly $53,432) | Mature Games |
| | Breeding Village | older | $9.99 | 136 62% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $40,759) | Miel |
 | AHEGAL SEASONS | older | $2.99 | 336 90% | 10k | $30k (exactly $30,139) | OppaiMan 2D |
 | Kamikaze Lassplanes | older | $19.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | Inky Dreams |
 | Flappatron | older | $1.99 | 140 95% | 4.2k | $8.4k (exactly $8,358) | Dexter Manning |
 | Milky Rush-Two Paths | $3.99 | 67 74% | 2.0k | $8.0k (exactly $8,020) | snappixgames | |
 | Moushooter | $12.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Twins Halo | |
 | Blood in the Panopticon | $12.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | SIS STYLE INTERACTIVE | |
 | Survivor these Girls | $4.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Black Hole | |
 | Touhou Renkyouto ~ Subterranean Festival of Love and Jealousy | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Arzvet, The Cabbage Preacher | |
 | Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance | $3.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | DPADFTW | |
 | Zaetherfall | $10.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | ReNZE GAMES | |
 | Big Buck Backshots | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Hilltop Games | |
 | Stormwater - Complete Edition | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Thinking of Cremation? | |
 | Shining Shattering Sky ~ Reverie of Breaking Unreality | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Drillimation Systems, E. Enthusiasm |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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