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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Minigames game?
Minigames + LGBTQ+
Only 14 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Minigames 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, Rift of the NecroDancer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $53k, ×448 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $2.3k. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 6 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×0.9 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
|---|---|
| Median | $53k (exactly $53,347) |
| Top 25% | $117k (exactly $116,922) |
| Top 5% | $3.5M (exactly $3,504,647) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Minigames; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 7,685 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 5 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SandboxFair
- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + HorrorFair
- + MagicFair
- + NatureFair
Comparable games
Rift of the NecroDancer 2025 · $3.5M 
Later Alligator 2019 · $1.5M 
Bratz™: Flaunt your fashion 2022 · $400k 
Youtubers Life 3 2026 · $281k 
Stranded in Space 2023 · EA · $168k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rift of the NecroDancer | $19.99 | 5,844 93% | 175k | $3.5M (exactly $3,504,647) | Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios I… (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios Inc.) | |
| | Later Alligator | older | $17.99 | 2,749 96% | 82k | $1.5M (exactly $1,483,635) | SmallBü, Pillow Fight |
| | Bratz™: Flaunt your fashion | older | $29.99 | 445 77% | 13k | $400k (exactly $400,366) | Petoons Studio |
| | Youtubers Life 3 | $19.99 | 468 50% | 14k | $281k (exactly $280,660) | UPLAY Online | |
| | Stranded in Space | · EA older | $14.99 | 373 80% | 11k | $168k (exactly $167,738) | Wildman |
 | Starlight Revolver | · EA | $12.99 | 404 54% | 12k | $157k (exactly $157,439) | Pahdo Labs |
 | I Just Want to be Single!! Season One | · EA | $14.99 | 260 75% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | m., Tsundere Studio |
 | Two Beasts Or Not To Beast! | $24.99 | 125 99% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $93,712) | Tokinokogiri | |
 | To Trust an Incubus | older | $19.99 | 152 84% | 4.6k | $91k (exactly $91,154) | Y Press Games |
 | Isekai Bistro | $10.99 | 180 78% | 5.4k | $59k (exactly $59,346) | DarkShadow Studio | |
 | 1 Trait Escape | $9.99 | 178 97% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $53,347) | Andrew Katz, Jeremy Collette | |
 | Sex Industry XXX | $9.99 | 160 62% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,952) | Lust Desires 🖤 | |
 | Magical Blush | $14.99 | 58 94% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Alkacer Game Studio | |
 | Ana's Auto Fellatio | $9.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Gloomy Washer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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