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Should I ship a Romance Typing game?
Typing + Romance
Only 7 developers shipped a Romance Typing 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, AI2U: With You 'Til The End, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 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 $120. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) |
| Top 25% | $29k (exactly $29,495) |
| Top 5% | $932k (exactly $932,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 up 55% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Typing
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 12,019 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Dating SimFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CombatFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + HackingFair
- + TacticalFair
- + ModernFair
Comparable games
Emily is Away <3 2021 · $1.8M 
AI2U: With You 'Til The End 2026 · $932k 
7 Days to End with You 2022 · $797k 
Black Lily's Tale 2023 · $250k 
Millennium Whisper 2025 · EA · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Emily is Away <3 | older | $9.99 | 6,036 91% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,808,989) | Kyle Seeley |
| | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
| | 7 Days to End with You | older | $7.99 | 3,327 87% | 100k | $797k (exactly $797,482) | Lizardry |
| | Black Lily's Tale | older | $18.99 | 438 86% | 13k | $250k (exactly $249,529) | 1000-REKA |
| | Millennium Whisper | · EA | $11.99 | 82 64% | 2.5k | $29k (exactly $29,495) | Parable Studios |
 | The Garden of Hermeneus | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | ShironoR | |
 | 迷雾岛屿：9号万能试剂 | $3.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,112) | Bio.no.187 | |
 | Oedipus Dating Sim | older | $9.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Wholetone Games |
 | Cyrano | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Popcannibal | |
 | Fall Words | older | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fall Words |
 | Typing Clash | $4.50 | 6 100% | 180 | $810 (exactly $810) | Yong Games | |
 | Jane Austen Simulator: Pride and Prejudice | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Simen Sollihøgda |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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