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Should I ship a Visual Novel Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + Visual Novel
Only 11 developers shipped a Visual Novel 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, Swarm Bunker: Lust Defense, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×12 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×244 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $659 (exactly $659) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,413) |
| Top 5% | $116k (exactly $115,684) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Shoot 'Em Up, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 748 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
LEWDAPOCALYPSE Hentai Evil 2020 · $892k 
SEX with HITLER 2022 · $704k 
Hentai Crush 2019 · $134k 
Swarm Bunker: Lust Defense 2026 · $116k 
Hentai Asmodeus 2019 · $105k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | LEWDAPOCALYPSE Hentai Evil | older | $4.99 | 5,960 94% | 179k | $892k (exactly $892,212) | KG/AM |
| | SEX with HITLER | older | $6.99 | 3,358 81% | 101k | $704k (exactly $704,173) | Adolf Games |
| | Hentai Crush | older | $1.99 | 2,248 84% | 67k | $134k (exactly $134,206) | Mature Games |
| | Swarm Bunker: Lust Defense | $9.99 | 386 88% | 12k | $116k (exactly $115,684) | 001Studio-NSFW | |
| | Hentai Asmodeus | older | $1.99 | 1,757 83% | 53k | $105k (exactly $104,893) | HEGA Studio |
 | QP Shooting - Dangerous!! | older | $7.99 | 378 94% | 11k | $91k (exactly $90,607) | Orange_Juice |
 | NOISZ | older | $19.99 | 116 95% | 3.5k | $70k (exactly $69,565) | Anarch Entertainment |
 | Captain Firehawk and the Laser Love Situation | older | $9.99 | 213 81% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,836) | Portland Caviar |
 | Hentai Girl Division | older | $1.99 | 895 81% | 27k | $53k (exactly $53,432) | Mature Games |
 | Thy Creature | older | $19.99 | 86 79% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $51,574) | Growing Seeds |
 | RANDOMAX | $9.99 | 67 92% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,080) | ASTRO PORT | |
 | Sexy Iron Maidens | $4.99 | 123 69% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,413) | Earl Marx | |
 | 无梦少女 DreamlessGirl | $9.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | REZEROR STUDIO | |
 | Soul Stalker | $4.99 | 77 77% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,527) | Radhood, Conradical Games | |
 | Moushooter | $12.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Twins Halo | |
 | CYBERSLAYER: No Time to Regret | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | KAEV Games | |
 | Zaetherfall | $10.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | ReNZE GAMES | |
 | Galactic Mecha GunSuit | $10.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $659 (exactly $659) | Theosoft | |
 | samurai aces III – sengoku cannon | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Zerodiv |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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