Should I ship an LGBTQ+ PvE game?
PvE + LGBTQ+
Of 26 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ PvE 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.. 51 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.7k, ×7.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $53M, ×85811 the market median. Revenue is up 675% on the market; 51 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) |
| Top 25% | $43k (exactly $42,857) |
| Top 5% | $54M (exactly $53,889,324) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 80 |
| Announced | 51 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 675% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- PvE; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 104,458 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 6 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 51 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
PvE with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + IdlerFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + TypingFair
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + HeistPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + NavalPoor odds
- + SpaceshipsPoor odds
- + MarsPoor odds
Comparable games
Borderlands 4 2025 · $122M 
Marathon 2026 · $54M 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024 · $27M 
Call of Duty®: Vanguard 2023 · $7.5M 
Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash 2024 · $5.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Borderlands 4 | $69.99 | 57,874 59% | 1.7M | $122M (exactly $121,518,038) | Gearbox Software | |
| | Marathon | $39.99 | 44,919 81% | 1.3M | $54M (exactly $53,889,324) | Bungie | |
| | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | older | $69.99 | 12,718 60% | 382k | $27M (exactly $26,703,985) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Call of Duty®: Vanguard | older | $59.99 | 4,172 67% | 125k | $7.5M (exactly $7,508,348) | Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, High Moon… (Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, High Moon Studios, Raven Software, Beenox, Demonware) |
| | Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash | older | $59.99 | 3,051 60% | 92k | $5.5M (exactly $5,490,885) | Byking Inc. |
 | Immortals of Aveum™ | older | $59.99 | 2,794 71% | 84k | $5.0M (exactly $5,028,362) | Ascendant Studios |
 | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
 | Mage Kanade's Futanari Dungeon Quest | older | $24.99 | 656 88% | 20k | $492k (exactly $491,803) | Dieselmine |
 | Churn Vector | older | $14.99 | 500 89% | 15k | $225k (exactly $224,850) | Naelstrof, Eugene, Archival |
 | Bureau of Contacts | $7.99 | 569 81% | 17k | $136k (exactly $136,389) | MIROWIN | |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Oh So Hero! | $9.99 | 255 94% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Full Frontal Frog | |
 | 1 Trait Escape | $9.99 | 178 97% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $53,347) | Andrew Katz, Jeremy Collette | |
 | CODE Bunny | $9.99 | 143 93% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Team Seventh Star | |
 | Femboy Survival | · EA | $6.99 | 133 92% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,890) | 2DNiem |
 | BONK THE BOYKISSER | · EA | $2.99 | 173 90% | 5.2k | $16k (exactly $15,518) | akhsotoen |
 | Netoria Tactics 2 | · EA | $14.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Apollo Seven Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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