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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + LGBTQ+
Only 16 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Tactical 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, GreedFall: The Dying World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.3k, ×12 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.5M, ×2453 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 27 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $65,224) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,540,192) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 27 |
| 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 up 105% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical 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
- Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 2,889 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
XCOM®: Chimera Squad 2020 · $6.2M 
GreedFall: The Dying World 2026 · $1.5M 
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily 2025 · $1.4M 
Capes 2024 · $535k 
Sunday Gold 2022 · $453k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | XCOM®: Chimera Squad | older | $9.99 | 20,602 71% | 618k | $6.2M (exactly $6,174,419) | Firaxis Games |
| | GreedFall: The Dying World | $49.99 | 1,027 61% | 31k | $1.5M (exactly $1,540,192) | Spiders | |
| | 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 |
| | Sunday Gold | older | $21.99 | 687 77% | 21k | $453k (exactly $453,214) | BKOM Studios |
 | 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 |
 | Memoirs of a Battle Brothel | older | $19.99 | 207 84% | 6.2k | $124k (exactly $124,138) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | Bravery Network Online | · EA older | $24.99 | 133 79% | 4.0k | $100k (exactly $99,710) | GLOAM |
 | Maliki : Poison Of The Past | $29.99 | 95 93% | 2.9k | $85k (exactly $85,472) | Blue Banshee | |
 | Gales of Nayeli | $24.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Blindcoco Studios | |
 | Cosplay Club | $18.99 | 41 60% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,358) | Behold Studios | |
 | Netoria Tactics 2 | · EA | $14.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Apollo Seven Games |
 | NOMIA | $19.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Magnesium Ninja | |
 | STARWEAVE | $4.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) | Studio Starweave | |
 | Remnants of the Rift | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Bromio | |
 | Fallen Down | · EA | $17.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $6.5k (exactly $6,476) | MERCERNARY MAGE GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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