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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Building game?
Building + LGBTQ+
Only 10 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Building 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, Paralives, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $48k, ×77 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $26k; 1 in 20 cleared $24M, ×38442 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $25k (exactly $25,175) |
|---|---|
| Median | $48k (exactly $48,286) |
| Top 25% | $303k (exactly $302,981) |
| Top 5% | $24M (exactly $24,141,563) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 145% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building
- Price point
- $13.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 54,167 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $26k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Building with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CatsFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
My Time at Sandrock 2023 · $29M 
Paralives 2026 · EA · $24M 
Coral Island 2023 · $20M 
Fields of Mistria 2026 · $13M 
Calico 2020 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Time at Sandrock | older | $39.99 | 24,110 88% | 723k | $29M (exactly $28,924,767) | Pathea Games |
| | Paralives | · EA | $39.99 | 20,123 89% | 604k | $24M (exactly $24,141,563) | Alex Massé and team |
| | Coral Island | older | $29.99 | 21,828 89% | 655k | $20M (exactly $19,638,652) | Stairway Games |
| | Fields of Mistria | $13.99 | 31,918 96% | 958k | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) | NPC Studio | |
| | Calico | older | $11.99 | 3,238 88% | 97k | $1.2M (exactly $1,164,709) | Peachy Keen Games |
 | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
 | Dustland Delivery | $7.99 | 1,264 88% | 38k | $303k (exactly $302,981) | Neutron Star Studio | |
 | World's Dawn | older | $9.99 | 736 80% | 22k | $221k (exactly $220,579) | Wayward Prophet |
 | Verdant Skies | older | $19.99 | 365 78% | 11k | $219k (exactly $218,890) | Howling Moon Software |
 | Orange Season | $14.99 | 364 59% | 11k | $164k (exactly $163,691) | Innerfire Studios | |
 | Elvenfoundry | $34.99 | 46 67% | 1.4k | $48k (exactly $48,286) | SunbathGames | |
 | Moonlight In Garland | $14.99 | 78 85% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Violet LeBeaux | |
 | Saviour of the Wasteland | $9.99 | 84 78% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | PTGames | |
 | Angel Clicker | $3.99 | 186 97% | 5.6k | $22k (exactly $22,264) | oldflowerGames | |
 | soul Interface | · EA | $12.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | soulless technologies |
 | BOYKISSER IS COMING | $2.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $7.1k (exactly $7,086) | akhsotoen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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