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Should I ship a Spelling Visual Novel?
Visual Novel + Spelling
Only 9 developers shipped a Spelling Visual Novel 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, Paper Bride 6 Nightmare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.0k against a market of $120. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,979) |
| Top 5% | $111k (exactly $110,589) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 680% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
- Spelling
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Visual Novel, Spelling
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,901 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Visual Novel with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RhythmFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + GamblingFair
- + DiplomacyFair
Comparable games
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes 2023 · $182k 
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare 2024 · $111k 
你已经猜到结局了吗 2022 · $93k 
Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing 2024 · $64k 
The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 2026 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | HeartBeat Plus |
| | Paper Bride 6 Nightmare | $9.99 | 369 81% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | HeartBeat Plus | |
| | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
| | Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Pumpernickel Studio | |
| | The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 | $9.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | 橘音 | |
 | Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～ | $5.99 | 98 82% | 2.9k | $18k (exactly $17,611) | MONRA | |
 | HeatStroke | older | $1.99 | 199 89% | 6.0k | $12k (exactly $11,880) | Talia bob Mair, Matt Garnett, Braden Ba… (Talia bob Mair, Matt Garnett, Braden Banning) |
 | LA FORET DE PAGO : LA VENGEANCE DU DRAGON | older | $5.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.9k (exactly $4,852) | Futurtech |
 | Love and Enchants | older | $11.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Schneeritter Studios |
 | PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE | older | $5.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Futurtech |
 | Truck Town: Kids and Toddlers Driving Game | $14.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Crater Studios | |
 | One More Question | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | OrangeSounds | |
 | Estrella Quest | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Estrella Dev | |
 | VerbMeister | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Alpen Adria Forge | |
 | Nippon Dojo | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Game Over Productions Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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