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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Cooking game?
Cooking + LGBTQ+
Only 16 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Cooking 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, Fields of Mistria, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30k, ×62 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $13M, ×28202 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 32 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30k (exactly $29,680) |
| Top 25% | $260k (exactly $259,540) |
| Top 5% | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Crafting, Life Sim, Simulation
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 37,329 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 5 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Cooking with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + Turn-Based CombatFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LogicFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
Comparable games
Fields of Mistria 2026 · $13M 
Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game 2025 · $3.4M 
Fae Farm 2023 · $2.5M 
Witchy Life Story 2022 · $579k 
Moonglow Bay 2021 · $509k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fields of Mistria | $13.99 | 31,918 96% | 958k | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) | NPC Studio | |
| | Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game | $34.99 | 3,237 81% | 97k | $3.4M (exactly $3,397,879) | Wētā Workshop | |
| | Fae Farm | older | $29.99 | 2,741 78% | 82k | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,078) | Phoenix Labs |
| | Witchy Life Story | older | $19.99 | 965 80% | 29k | $579k (exactly $578,710) | Sundew Studios |
| | Moonglow Bay | older | $24.99 | 679 66% | 20k | $509k (exactly $509,046) | Bunnyhug |
 | Cook Serve Forever | $29.99 | 333 69% | 10k | $300k (exactly $299,600) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. | |
 | GIRLS MADE PUDDING | $9.99 | 866 95% | 26k | $260k (exactly $259,540) | Kazuhide Oka | |
 | Thirsty Suitors | older | $29.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $210k (exactly $209,630) | Outerloop Games |
 | Lighthouse Keeper | older | $11.99 | 336 81% | 10k | $121k (exactly $120,859) | Stratera Games |
 | Coffee & Boobs | $7.99 | 463 74% | 14k | $111k (exactly $110,981) | TopHouse Studio | |
 | High Times | $19.99 | 163 90% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yangyang Mobile | |
 | Anime City | · EA | $14.99 | 201 72% | 6.0k | $90k (exactly $90,390) | Shoujo City Developer |
 | Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker | $14.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Gentle Troll Entertainment | |
 | Magical Bakery | $14.99 | 57 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | SUPERLUMEN | |
 | Love at The Milky Way Diner | · EA | $13.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $10k (exactly $10,492) | Lucky Kim, Emanuelle Heikens |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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