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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Resource Management game?
Resource Management + LGBTQ+
Only 13 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Resource Management 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, Ara History Untold: Anniversary 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, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×34 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.2M, ×6760 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $16,301) |
| Top 25% | $113k (exactly $113,087) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,210,858) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- 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
- Resource Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, RPG, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 4,680 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IncrementalFair
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- + ArcadeFair
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Comparable games
Yes, Your Grace 2020 · $7.5M 
Potionomics 2022 · $5.2M 
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 2024 · $3.2M 
Little Goody Two Shoes 2023 · $1.3M 
Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall 2025 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yes, Your Grace | older | $19.99 | 12,571 87% | 377k | $7.5M (exactly $7,538,829) | Brave At Night |
| | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
| | Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition | $49.99 | 2,141 68% | 64k | $3.2M (exactly $3,210,858) | Oxide Games | |
| | Little Goody Two Shoes | older | $19.99 | 2,209 95% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,324,737) | AstralShift |
| | Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall | $24.99 | 1,488 76% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,115,554) | Brave At Night | |
 | Lakeburg Legacies | older | $27.58 | 1,302 71% | 39k | $1.1M (exactly $1,077,275) | Ishtar Games |
 | Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip | older | $11.99 | 2,823 98% | 85k | $1.0M (exactly $1,015,433) | Beautiful Glitch |
 | Mosaique Neko Waifus 4 | older | $4.99 | 4,255 94% | 128k | $637k (exactly $636,974) | Lil Hentai Games |
 | Mosaique Neko Waifus 5 | older | $5.99 | 1,328 93% | 40k | $239k (exactly $238,642) | Lil Hentai Games |
 | Kardboard Kings: Card Shop Simulator | older | $19.99 | 325 73% | 9.8k | $195k (exactly $194,902) | Henry's House, Oscar Brittain, Rob Gross |
 | Dead in Antares | $19.99 | 189 77% | 5.7k | $113k (exactly $113,343) | Ishtar Games | |
 | Latex & Tentacles | $10.99 | 343 67% | 10k | $113k (exactly $113,087) | ZXC, GODNASK | |
 | Unaware in The City | $5.99 | 194 81% | 5.8k | $35k (exactly $34,862) | Mr. Unaware Studios | |
 | Angel Clicker | $3.99 | 186 97% | 5.6k | $22k (exactly $22,264) | oldflowerGames | |
 | Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced | $16.98 | 32 100% | 960 | $16k (exactly $16,301) | zorkie studios | |
 | Serra de Deus | $4.99 | 85 94% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | David Pateti | |
 | Thieves Of Dingirra | $24.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Winter Wolves | |
 | 白影酒馆 Tavern Revisited | $9.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Stray Dog Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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