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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Board Game?
Board Game + LGBTQ+
Only 8 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Board 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, dirtbag MAHJONG, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×10 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 620% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,952) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $15,285) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 5 |
| 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 620% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game
- 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,213 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Board Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + JRPGFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HistoricalFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Alternate HistoryFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Party GameFair
- + DragonsFair
- + DogsFair
Comparable games
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k 
MACHI KORO With Everyone 2024 · $89k 
Tanto Cuore 2021 · $50k 
One Deck Galaxy 2024 · $21k 
From Paris with Love: Passion with view 2021 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
| | MACHI KORO With Everyone | older | $24.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Grounding Inc. |
| | Tanto Cuore | older | $9.99 | 168 91% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Japanime Digital, Wedontknow Games |
| | One Deck Galaxy | older | $12.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $21,434) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
| | From Paris with Love: Passion with view | older | $4.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | NSFW18 Games |
 | dirtbag MAHJONG | $9.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | paranoodle | |
 | Fortune Fragments | $15.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $13k (exactly $12,952) | Runoi Games | |
 | Gobby McGobblenutz Presents: The Art of the Dad Joke: Chapter 1 | older | $1.99 | 162 91% | 4.9k | $9.7k (exactly $9,671) | Randumb Studios |
 | Isekai Hero | older | $4.99 | 41 78% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | Milk Poison |
 | Minesweeper Together | $2.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | anchikai | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | BL Werewolf:Doki-Doki Summer vacation | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | 物部モノ子, 星守れんげ | |
 | Waifu Cards | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Slippy Floor | |
 | Hentai Elarin | $0.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Hentai Pop Star | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Milk Poison |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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