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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Incremental game?
Incremental + LGBTQ+
Of 51 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Incremental game 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.. 53 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×11 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×1249 the market median. Revenue is up 85% on the market; 53 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $446 (exactly $446) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,492) |
| Top 5% | $149k (exactly $148,574) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 51 |
| Released games | 251 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 15% fewer 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.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Incremental; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Dating Sim, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 5,287 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 60 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + OtomeStrong odds
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + FarmingFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
- + SupernaturalFair
Comparable games
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate 2025 · $1.4M 
1 to 1 humanoid edible toys 2024 · $580k 
Handyman Legend 2023 · $433k 
Only You 2026 · $151k 
Mystery Lover:Nonexistent Memories 2025 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate | $14.00 | 3,275 95% | 98k | $1.4M (exactly $1,375,500) | Xso | |
| | 1 to 1 humanoid edible toys | older | $7.99 | 2,420 92% | 73k | $580k (exactly $580,074) | 汉谟拉比炒面, 我的屁是香哒 |
| | Handyman Legend | older | $6.99 | 2,066 89% | 62k | $433k (exactly $433,240) | SupaShinKen Studio |
| | Only You | $6.99 | 719 94% | 22k | $151k (exactly $150,774) | 忘雪社 | |
| | Mystery Lover:Nonexistent Memories | $13.99 | 354 94% | 11k | $149k (exactly $148,574) | Never Knows Best | |
 | Gnomes Garden | older | $14.99 | 262 87% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $117,821) | Workroom7, Creobit |
 | OnlyFap Simulator 2 💦 | older | $6.99 | 367 60% | 11k | $77k (exactly $76,960) | BanzaiProject |
 | Fresh Story | older | $9.99 | 238 76% | 7.1k | $71k (exactly $71,329) | WetMelonPlay |
 | Mister Furry | older | $0.99 | 1,947 90% | 58k | $58k (exactly $57,826) | Red Six Development |
 | Futanari di Funghi | older | $6.99 | 260 83% | 7.8k | $55k (exactly $54,522) | Ahegames |
 | Sex Industry XXX | $9.99 | 160 62% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,952) | Lust Desires 🖤 | |
 | UncleOffice:uncle Dating Simulator | $15.99 | 92 61% | 2.8k | $44k (exactly $44,132) | GameUncle | |
 | Andromeda Six | · EA | $14.99 | 95 96% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $42,722) | Wanderlust Games |
 | Maid Harem With Futa | $5.99 | 203 69% | 6.1k | $36k (exactly $36,479) | DuaWolf | |
 | Tap 4 Sex | $6.99 | 155 72% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | Papalon, DreamBig Games | |
 | Risky Business | $6.90 | 146 73% | 4.4k | $30k (exactly $30,222) | Nouliz | |
 | Greenhearth Necromancer | $10.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $29k (exactly $29,014) | Silverstring Media Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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