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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + LGBTQ+
Only 16 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Puzzle Platformer 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, Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $1.7M, ×3748 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 40 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Top 5% | $1.8M (exactly $1,780,355) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 3 / 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 flat on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,544 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Celeste 2018 · $79M 
Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition 2025 · $1.8M 
UNSIGHTED 2021 · $1.1M 
The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories 2018 · $1.1M 
PEPPERED: an existential platformer 2025 · $271k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Celeste | older | $19.99 | 132,072 97% | 4.0M | $79M (exactly $79,203,578) | Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Ga… (Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd.) |
| | Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition | $39.99 | 1,484 78% | 45k | $1.8M (exactly $1,780,355) | Myrkur Games | |
| | UNSIGHTED | older | $19.99 | 1,863 93% | 56k | $1.1M (exactly $1,117,241) | Studio Pixel Punk |
| | The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories | older | $29.99 | 1,196 87% | 36k | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,041) | White Owls Inc. |
| | PEPPERED: an existential platformer | $14.99 | 603 96% | 18k | $271k (exactly $271,169) | Mostly Games | |
 | Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan | older | $19.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $88,156) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
 | Eden Genesis | older | $24.99 | 81 92% | 2.4k | $61k (exactly $60,726) | Aeternum Game Studios S.L |
 | Stardust Demon | $19.99 | 77 83% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | resnijars | |
 | Dungeon Gals | $14.99 | 84 100% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | DoricDream | |
 | Wirm | $6.99 | 147 93% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $30,826) | Sbug Games | |
 | Bauhaus Bonk | $7.99 | 73 100% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | Spoonful Games | |
 | Ronny's Climb | $5.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Zephyrix | |
 | Futanari & Ladyboy Hotel | $3.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Red Sasori | |
 | :3 | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | mod.kitchen | |
 | Futanari's Secret: The Forest | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Red Sasori |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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