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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Deckbuilding?
Deckbuilding + LGBTQ+
Only 18 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Deckbuilding 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, In Falsus, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $10k, ×21 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.0k; 1 in 20 cleared $940k, ×1990 the market median. Revenue is up 8215% on the market; 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,938) |
|---|---|
| Median | $10k (exactly $10,132) |
| Top 25% | $111k (exactly $110,956) |
| Top 5% | $945k (exactly $945,364) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 up 8215% on the market, supply 115% 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.
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Deckbuilding; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Battler, Card Game, Strategy
- Price point
- $13.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,137 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Deckbuilding with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + LogicFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Potionomics 2022 · $5.2M 
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist 2022 · $3.3M 
In Falsus 2026 · $945k 
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't 2026 · $314k 
Youtubers Life 3 2026 · $281k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
| | I Was a Teenage Exocolonist | older | $24.99 | 4,443 96% | 133k | $3.3M (exactly $3,330,917) | Northway Games |
| | In Falsus | $39.99 | 788 89% | 24k | $945k (exactly $945,364) | lowiro | |
| | Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't | $14.99 | 698 95% | 21k | $314k (exactly $313,891) | Buried Things | |
| | Youtubers Life 3 | $19.99 | 468 50% | 14k | $281k (exactly $280,660) | UPLAY Online | |
 | Battle Suit Aces | $19.99 | 347 90% | 10k | $208k (exactly $208,096) | Trinket Studios | |
 | Wander Stars | $24.99 | 148 92% | 4.4k | $111k (exactly $110,956) | Paper Castle Games | |
 | FUTA FUCKS FEMBOYS | $12.99 | 276 88% | 8.3k | $108k (exactly $107,557) | Horny Capybara Studio | |
 | Eternal Destiny | older | $9.99 | 225 78% | 6.8k | $67k (exactly $67,432) | Office 5656 |
 | Sexorcism: Lust Confession | $7.99 | 277 70% | 8.3k | $66k (exactly $66,397) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Hyperspace Deck Command | $19.99 | 91 95% | 2.7k | $55k (exactly $54,573) | Sleeper Games | |
 | Futa Succubus Slay! | $12.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $10k (exactly $10,132) | Npolish | |
 | KreatureKind | $14.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Valiant Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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