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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + LGBTQ+
Only 19 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Strategy RPG 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, Back to the Dawn, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.7k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $6.1M, ×9804 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) |
| Top 25% | $85k (exactly $85,472) |
| Top 5% | $6.2M (exactly $6,157,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, RPG
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Cinematic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 30,196 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.3k. 7 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Back to the Dawn 2025 · $6.2M 
Road to Empress Ⅱ 2026 · $4.2M 
Road to Empress I 2025 · $3.0M 
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily 2025 · $1.4M 
Capes 2024 · $535k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Back to the Dawn | $23.99 | 8,555 94% | 257k | $6.2M (exactly $6,157,034) | Metal Head Games | |
| | Road to Empress Ⅱ | $18.00 | 7,773 80% | 233k | $4.2M (exactly $4,197,420) | New One Studio | |
| | Road to Empress I | $8.49 | 11,829 86% | 355k | $3.0M (exactly $3,012,846) | New One Studio | |
| | The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily | $29.99 | 1,529 85% | 46k | $1.4M (exactly $1,375,641) | Alliance Arts, One or Eight, WSS Playgr… (Alliance Arts, One or Eight, WSS Playground) | |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
 | Masquerada: Songs and Shadows | older | $19.99 | 348 88% | 10k | $209k (exactly $208,696) | Witching Hour Studios |
 | Memoirs of a Battle Brothel | older | $19.99 | 207 84% | 6.2k | $124k (exactly $124,138) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | Monster Souls: Chains of Chimera | $34.99 | 112 90% | 3.4k | $118k (exactly $117,566) | inputHero | |
 | Horny Housewives | older | $12.99 | 232 59% | 7.0k | $90k (exactly $90,410) | Entropy Digital Entertainment |
 | Maliki : Poison Of The Past | $29.99 | 95 93% | 2.9k | $85k (exactly $85,472) | Blue Banshee | |
 | Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime | $16.99 | 143 98% | 4.3k | $73k (exactly $72,887) | Bonte Avond | |
 | Gales of Nayeli | $24.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Blindcoco Studios | |
 | Class of Heroes 3 Remaster | $29.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $47k (exactly $46,784) | ACQUIRE Corp., Zerodiv | |
 | 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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