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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Procedural Generation game?
Procedural Generation + LGBTQ+
Only 12 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Procedural Generation 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, Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $18k, ×37 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×661 the market median. Revenue is up 2210% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) |
|---|---|
| Median | $18k (exactly $17,665) |
| Top 25% | $104k (exactly $104,162) |
| Top 5% | $314k (exactly $313,891) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $13.99 |
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 2210% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Procedural Generation
- 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
- Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $13.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,583 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.8k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Procedural Generation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SnowFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + Word GameFair
- + TypingFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Lakeburg Legacies 2023 · $1.1M 
Kitty Powers' Matchmaker 2015 · $533k 
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't 2026 · $314k 
Sword of the Necromancer 2021 · $124k 
Wander Stars 2025 · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lakeburg Legacies | older | $27.58 | 1,302 71% | 39k | $1.1M (exactly $1,077,275) | Ishtar Games |
| | Kitty Powers' Matchmaker | older | $9.99 | 1,779 96% | 53k | $533k (exactly $533,166) | Magic Notion Ltd |
| | Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't | $14.99 | 698 95% | 21k | $314k (exactly $313,891) | Buried Things | |
| | Sword of the Necromancer | older | $14.99 | 275 69% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $123,668) | Grimorio of Games |
| | Wander Stars | $24.99 | 148 92% | 4.4k | $111k (exactly $110,956) | Paper Castle Games | |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Kitty Powers' Matchmaker Makeover | $13.99 | 230 98% | 6.9k | $97k (exactly $96,531) | Magic Notion Ltd | |
 | MidBoss | older | $14.99 | 214 84% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $96,236) | Kitsune Games |
 | Choice Chamber | older | $9.99 | 123 89% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Studio Bean |
 | Rogue Labyrinth | $14.99 | 74 98% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $33,278) | Tea Witch Games | |
 | Horny Haunts | $4.99 | 118 56% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Naelstrof, Raliv, BigCozyOrca, Eugene | |
 | Creature Creation Station | $11.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Xenon Fossil Games | |
 | KreatureKind | $14.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | Valiant Game Studio | |
 | Minesweeper Together | $2.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | anchikai | |
 | Dating App Simulator | $5.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Oba Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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