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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ 2D Platformer?
2D Platformer + LGBTQ+
Of 79 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ 2D Platformer in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 100 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×248 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 100 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $15,198) |
| Top 5% | $118k (exactly $117,566) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 79 |
| Released games | 203 |
| Announced | 100 |
| 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 15% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 2D Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- 2D Platformer; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Visual Novel, Platformer
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 3,127 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 41 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 100 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
2D Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + VampiresFair
- + MechsFair
- + PinballFair
- + WesternFair
- + CRPGFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + MiningFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
Comparable games
Celeste 2018 · $79M 
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R 2022 · $22M 
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024 · $6.1M 
月に寄りそう乙女の作法 2022 · $4.2M 
Timespinner 2018 · $1.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Celeste | older | $19.99 | 132,072 97% | 4.0M | $79M (exactly $79,203,578) | Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Ga… (Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd.) |
| | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R | older | $49.99 | 14,344 91% | 430k | $22M (exactly $21,511,697) | CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. |
| | Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | older | $29.99 | 6,754 84% | 203k | $6.1M (exactly $6,076,574) | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| | 月に寄りそう乙女の作法 | older | $39.99 | 3,462 97% | 104k | $4.2M (exactly $4,153,361) | Navel |
| | Timespinner | older | $19.99 | 2,823 86% | 85k | $1.7M (exactly $1,692,953) | Lunar Ray Games |
 | Otome Riron to Sono Shuuhen -École de Paris- | older | $39.99 | 879 96% | 26k | $1.1M (exactly $1,054,536) | Navel |
 | Fallen girl - Black rose and the fire of desire | older | $14.99 | 1,204 70% | 36k | $541k (exactly $541,439) | BoRoBoRoGame |
 | Kitsune Tails | older | $19.99 | 833 95% | 25k | $500k (exactly $499,550) | Kitsune Games |
 | Voice Love on Air | older | $29.99 | 526 86% | 16k | $473k (exactly $473,242) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT, Noisy Fish |
 | Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou 2 | $39.99 | 287 96% | 8.6k | $344k (exactly $344,314) | Navel | |
 | 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？ | $6.99 | 1,229 99% | 37k | $258k (exactly $257,721) | 麻溜完结制作组 | |
 | Possessor(s) | $9.99 | 718 75% | 22k | $215k (exactly $215,185) | Heart Machine | |
 | Monster Souls: Chains of Chimera | $34.99 | 112 90% | 3.4k | $118k (exactly $117,566) | inputHero | |
 | Oh So Hero! | $9.99 | 255 94% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Full Frontal Frog | |
 | The Vampire's Bride: A bride who gets married to vampdoll | $16.99 | 90 93% | 2.7k | $46k (exactly $45,873) | Waterfall | |
 | UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator | $15.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $44k (exactly $44,132) | GameUncle | |
 | CODE Bunny | $9.99 | 143 93% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Team Seventh Star | |
 | Dungeon Gals | $14.99 | 84 100% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | DoricDream | |
 | The Rocky Horror Show Video Game | $9.99 | 117 86% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | FreakZone Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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