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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Tactical game?
Tactical + LGBTQ+
Of 20 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Tactical 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.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $23,358) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,375,641) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 125% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,508 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tactical with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Farming SimFair
- + SolitaireFair
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Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Vanguard 2023 · $7.5M 
XCOM®: Chimera Squad 2020 · $6.2M 
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily 2025 · $1.4M 
Capes 2024 · $535k 
Bastard Bonds 2016 · $261k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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) |
| | XCOM®: Chimera Squad | older | $9.99 | 20,602 71% | 618k | $6.2M (exactly $6,174,419) | Firaxis Games |
| | 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 |
| | Bastard Bonds | older | $10.99 | 791 88% | 24k | $261k (exactly $260,793) | Bigfingers |
 | Masquerada: Songs and Shadows | older | $19.99 | 348 88% | 10k | $209k (exactly $208,696) | Witching Hour Studios |
 | Battle Suit Aces | $19.99 | 347 90% | 10k | $208k (exactly $208,096) | Trinket Studios | |
 | Dead in Antares | $19.99 | 189 77% | 5.7k | $113k (exactly $113,343) | Ishtar Games | |
 | Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story | older | $14.99 | 247 59% | 7.4k | $111k (exactly $111,076) | Agate |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Cosplay Club | $18.99 | 41 60% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,358) | Behold Studios | |
 | Bauhaus Bonk | $7.99 | 73 100% | 2.2k | $17k (exactly $17,498) | Spoonful Games | |
 | STARWEAVE | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Studio Starweave | |
 | BOYKISSER IS COMING | $2.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $7.1k (exactly $7,086) | akhsotoen | |
 | Minesweeper Ultra Turbo Deluxe | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | pin kitten |
 | Party Management | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Tap Water Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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