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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Shoot 'Em Up?
Shoot 'Em Up + LGBTQ+
Only 15 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Shoot 'Em Up 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, Don't Stop, Girlypop!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.7 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×654 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,455) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,685) |
| Top 5% | $311k (exactly $310,645) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shoot 'Em Up
- 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
- Shoot 'Em Up; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, FPS
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,244 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Shoot 'Em Up with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomanceFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayLong shot
- + MusicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
Comparable games
SEX with HITLER 2022 · $704k 
Don't Stop, Girlypop! 2026 · $311k 
Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion 2025 · $106k 
Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble 2016 · $105k 
Super Crush KO 2020 · $95k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SEX with HITLER | older | $6.99 | 3,358 81% | 101k | $704k (exactly $704,173) | Adolf Games |
| | Don't Stop, Girlypop! | $19.99 | 518 83% | 16k | $311k (exactly $310,645) | Funny Fintan Softworks | |
| | Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion | $9.99 | 353 93% | 11k | $106k (exactly $105,794) | Bubby Darkstar | |
| | Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble | older | $9.99 | 352 96% | 11k | $105k (exactly $105,494) | Ludosity |
| | Super Crush KO | older | $14.99 | 211 96% | 6.3k | $95k (exactly $94,887) | Vertex Pop |
 | Yuri Sword Saga | $10.99 | 212 97% | 6.4k | $70k (exactly $69,896) | Pico Games | |
 | HITLER: BDSM BUNKER | older | $9.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | Adolf Games |
 | Tenta Shooter | older | $9.99 | 101 89% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | Rakugaki Games |
 | 7 Sexy Sins | older | $1.99 | 489 87% | 15k | $29k (exactly $29,193) | Zai Studio |
 | 无梦少女 DreamlessGirl | $9.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | REZEROR STUDIO | |
 | Maidens of a Hollow Dream | older | $9.99 | 49 83% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Akiragoya |
 | KIPIDON: We Will Always Love You | $7.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | JCPORTALS | |
 | Pizza Porno Panic | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Blue Smut Studios | |
 | Waifu Discovered 3: Cyberpunk Fantasy | $6.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | One-Hand-Free Studios | |
 | 東方恋物語 ~ Locked Together | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Mugenri | |
 | Mechanical Fury - Prologue | $4.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Avian Hearts | |
 | Fat Fleet | $2.49 | 22 95% | 660 | $1.6k (exactly $1,643) | DoubleCap Productions |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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