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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Tabletop game?
Tabletop + LGBTQ+
Only 11 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Tabletop 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, Sultan's Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×5.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 6 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $298 (exactly $298) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,938) |
| Top 5% | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $1.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 25,185 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Sultan's Game 2025 · $19M 
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k 
MACHI KORO With Everyone 2024 · $89k 
Chess of Blades 2018 · $76k 
Tanto Cuore 2021 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sultan's Game | $24.99 | 25,061 93% | 752k | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) | Double Cross | |
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
| | MACHI KORO With Everyone | older | $24.99 | 119 66% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Grounding Inc. |
| | Chess of Blades | older | $24.99 | 102 92% | 3.1k | $76k (exactly $76,469) | Argent Games |
| | Tanto Cuore | older | $9.99 | 168 91% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Japanime Digital, Wedontknow Games |
 | Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Klondike Solitaire | older | $6.99 | 135 86% | 4.1k | $28k (exactly $28,310) | Eastasiasoft Limited |
 | Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Mahjong Solitaire | older | $6.99 | 132 86% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,680) | Eastasiasoft Limited |
 | One Deck Galaxy | older | $12.99 | 55 70% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $21,434) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Milf City | older | $1.99 | 320 85% | 9.6k | $19k (exactly $19,104) | Milk Poison |
 | dirtbag MAHJONG | $9.99 | 51 96% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | paranoodle | |
 | Soulblaze | · EA | $13.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.9k (exactly $2,938) | Cosmic Mocca |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Dominó Gótico | $1.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Rafael D'Silva | |
 | My favorite dream girls | $1.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Morf Games | |
 | Big-Breasted Goth Mommies - Sex Puzzles | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Natasha Delor | |
 | Hentai Furry Pony | $0.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Waifu Lust | $1.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | Morf Games | |
 | Summer Waifu | $1.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | Morf Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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