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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Local Multiplayer game?
Local Multiplayer + LGBTQ+
Only 10 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Local Multiplayer 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, NBA 2K26, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $31k against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
|---|---|
| Median | $31k (exactly $30,826) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $44,426) |
| Top 5% | $7.4M (exactly $7,393,168) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 5810% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Local Multiplayer
- 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
- Local Multiplayer; all of the top 25% also carry Co-op, Local Co-Op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 32,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 5 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- 2021 · $57M 
NBA 2K26 2025 · $54M 
Mortal Kombat 1 2023 · $51M 
WWE 2K25 2025 · $7.4M 
Monster Prom 2018 · $4.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- | older | $39.99 | 47,650 88% | 1.4M | $57M (exactly $57,165,705) | Arc System Works |
| | NBA 2K26 | $69.99 | 25,651 66% | 770k | $54M (exactly $53,859,405) | Visual Concepts | |
| | Mortal Kombat 1 | older | $49.99 | 34,197 74% | 1.0M | $51M (exactly $51,285,241) | NetherRealm Studios, QLOC |
| | WWE 2K25 | $59.99 | 4,108 73% | 123k | $7.4M (exactly $7,393,168) | Visual Concepts | |
| | Monster Prom | older | $11.99 | 12,245 93% | 367k | $4.4M (exactly $4,404,526) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | NBA 2K27 | $69.99 | 1,698 53% | 51k | $3.6M (exactly $3,565,291) | Visual Concepts | |
 | Genital Jousting | older | $6.99 | 8,699 92% | 261k | $1.8M (exactly $1,824,180) | Free Lives |
 | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,262 75% | 98k | $1.5M (exactly $1,466,921) | Engine Software, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubis… (Engine Software, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Pune Production) |
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 | AFL 23 | older | $59.99 | 370 45% | 11k | $666k (exactly $665,889) | Big Ant Studios |
 | Monaco 2 | $14.99 | 156 63% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Pocketwatch Games | |
 | MeowGun: Hell Denizen | $12.99 | 114 98% | 3.4k | $44k (exactly $44,426) | SusaDeBastet | |
 | Sex With Friends | $4.99 | 236 94% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,329) | B-Team | |
 | Wirm | $6.99 | 147 93% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $30,826) | Sbug Games | |
 | Tough Love Arena | $11.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $13,669) | M. Paul Weeks, Amy Xu | |
 | High Spirits | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Petri Dish Studios | |
 | AD BLOCKER: An Action Puzzle Game | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | The AD BLOCKER Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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