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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Logic game?
Logic + LGBTQ+
Of 28 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Logic 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.. 20 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×10 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $420. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 20 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $416 (exactly $416) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,200) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Top 5% | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,090) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 111 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 42,220 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LovecraftianFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + NoirFair
- + HackingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + DragonsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
Comparable games
Magical Girl Witch Trials 2025 · $27M 
The Roottrees are Dead 2025 · $5.8M 
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 2025 · $920k 
Murder by Numbers 2020 · $518k 
Milfy City - Final Edition 2023 · $426k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Magical Girl Witch Trials | $29.99 | 29,869 96% | 896k | $27M (exactly $26,873,139) | Acacia, Re,AER | |
| | The Roottrees are Dead | $19.99 | 9,700 96% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,090) | Evil Trout Inc. | |
| | Squeakross: Home Squeak Home | $14.99 | 2,045 98% | 61k | $920k (exactly $919,636) | Alblune | |
| | Murder by Numbers | older | $14.99 | 1,152 85% | 35k | $518k (exactly $518,054) | Mediatonic |
| | Milfy City - Final Edition | older | $19.99 | 710 79% | 21k | $426k (exactly $425,787) | ICSTOR |
 | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Personal Study | · EA older | $7.99 | 361 90% | 11k | $87k (exactly $86,532) | ArcaneSpoon |
 | Puzzle Spy International | $12.50 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $56k (exactly $55,500) | Travel-Friendly Cake | |
 | Detective Ridelle | older | $14.99 | 77 98% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $34,627) | PuzzLab |
 | LA: Streets of Sorcery | $14.99 | 56 89% | 1.7k | $25k (exactly $25,183) | Bear in the Night | |
 | Charm Studies | $4.99 | 68 95% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | NomnomNami | |
 | Locktale | $7.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Mina Pêcheux | |
 | Social Caterpillar | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Twelve Tiles | |
 | Minesweeper Together | $2.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | anchikai |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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