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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Dungeon Crawler?
Dungeon Crawler + LGBTQ+
Of 36 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Dungeon Crawler 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.. 42 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×12 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×443 the market median. Revenue is up 1460% on the market; 42 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,755) |
| Top 25% | $47k (exactly $46,784) |
| Top 5% | $210k (exactly $210,444) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 87 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 1460% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dungeon Crawler
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Dungeon Crawler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Roguelike
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 116,264 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dungeon Crawler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Word GameFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + MMORPGPoor odds
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Comparable games
Hades 2020 · $214M 
Hades II 2025 · $103M 
CRYMACHINA 2023 · $1.3M 
Boyfriend Dungeon 2021 · $1.3M 
Sakura Dungeon 2016 · $824k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hades | older | $24.99 | 285,748 97% | 8.6M | $214M (exactly $214,225,276) | Supergiant Games |
| | Hades II | $29.99 | 114,419 95% | 3.4M | $103M (exactly $102,942,774) | Supergiant Games | |
| | CRYMACHINA | older | $59.99 | 725 85% | 22k | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,782) | FURYU Corporation |
| | Boyfriend Dungeon | older | $19.99 | 2,105 91% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,262,368) | Kitfox Games |
| | Sakura Dungeon | older | $19.99 | 1,374 91% | 41k | $824k (exactly $823,988) | Winged Cloud |
 | Omega Labyrinth Life | older | $59.99 | 263 64% | 7.9k | $473k (exactly $473,321) | Matrix |
 | Magical Diary: Horse Hall | older | $14.99 | 708 93% | 21k | $318k (exactly $318,388) | Hanako Games |
 | The Agnietta ~The holy healer & the cursed dungeon~ | older | $9.99 | 1,054 82% | 32k | $316k (exactly $315,884) | B-flat |
 | Gray Haven : Witch's Garden | $21.99 | 319 76% | 9.6k | $210k (exactly $210,444) | NINEHECTARE | |
 | Starlight Revolver | · EA | $12.99 | 404 54% | 12k | $157k (exactly $157,439) | Pahdo Labs |
 | Wander Stars | $24.99 | 148 92% | 4.4k | $111k (exactly $110,956) | Paper Castle Games | |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Nakara | $9.99 | 310 91% | 9.3k | $93k (exactly $92,907) | R3dspike | |
 | Sexorcism: Lust Confession | $7.99 | 277 70% | 8.3k | $66k (exactly $66,397) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Laura of Reigetsu | $17.99 | 88 81% | 2.6k | $47k (exactly $47,494) | piyokogundan | |
 | Class of Heroes 3 Remaster | $29.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $47k (exactly $46,784) | ACQUIRE Corp., Zerodiv | |
 | Project Skyward | $19.99 | 54 68% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Skyward Foundry |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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