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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Farming Sim?
Farming Sim + LGBTQ+
Only 10 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Farming Sim 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.. 16 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150k, ×308 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $26k; 1 in 20 cleared $13M, ×28202 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $26k (exactly $25,633) |
|---|---|
| Median | $146k (exactly $146,152) |
| Top 25% | $1.6M (exactly $1,633,596) |
| Top 5% | $13M (exactly $13,395,985) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Farming Sim
- 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
- Farming Sim
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 38,221 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $26k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Farming Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + DogsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TacticalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + God GameLong shot
- + Visual NovelLong shot
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HorsesPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
My Time at Sandrock 2023 · $29M 
Coral Island 2023 · $20M 
Fields of Mistria 2026 · $13M 
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town 2020 · $6.3M 
Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game 2025 · $3.4M | 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 |
| | 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 | |
| | STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town | older | $39.99 | 5,268 93% | 158k | $6.3M (exactly $6,320,020) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | 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 | |
 | Cloud Meadow | · EA older | $19.99 | 5,134 85% | 154k | $3.1M (exactly $3,078,860) | Team Nimbus |
 | Fae Farm | older | $29.99 | 2,741 78% | 82k | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,078) | Phoenix Labs |
 | Wylde Flowers | older | $24.99 | 2,329 95% | 70k | $1.7M (exactly $1,746,051) | Studio Drydock Pty Ltd |
 | Tales of Seikyu | $24.99 | 2,179 83% | 65k | $1.6M (exactly $1,633,596) | ACE Entertainment | |
 | Cattails | Become a Cat! | older | $14.99 | 2,315 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,041,056) | Falcon Development |
 | Orange Season | $14.99 | 364 59% | 11k | $164k (exactly $163,691) | Innerfire Studios | |
 | Ritual of Raven | $14.99 | 325 88% | 9.8k | $146k (exactly $146,152) | Spellgarden Games | |
 | Greenhearth Necromancer | $10.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $29k (exactly $29,014) | Silverstring Media Inc. | |
 | Magical Bakery | $14.99 | 57 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | SUPERLUMEN | |
 | The Abbess Garden | $9.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | MD Studio | |
 | 白影酒馆 Tavern Revisited | $9.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Stray Dog Game Studio | |
 | Molest | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 臻新 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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