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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + LGBTQ+
Only 6 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Third-Person Shooter 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, The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $8.2k against a market of $1.5k. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,964) |
| Top 5% | $51M (exactly $51,367,724) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 113,744 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered 2025 · $51M 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024 · $27M 
Gears 5 2019 · $19M 
SIGNALIS 2022 · $18M 
Outcast - A New Beginning 2024 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | $49.99 | 34,252 90% | 1.0M | $51M (exactly $51,367,724) | Naughty Dog LLC, Nixxes Software, Iron… (Naughty Dog LLC, Nixxes Software, Iron Galaxy Studios) | |
| | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | older | $69.99 | 12,718 60% | 382k | $27M (exactly $26,703,985) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Gears 5 | older | $29.99 | 21,210 72% | 636k | $19M (exactly $19,082,637) | The Coalition |
| | SIGNALIS | older | $19.99 | 30,601 96% | 918k | $18M (exactly $18,351,420) | rose-engine |
| | Outcast - A New Beginning | older | $39.99 | 1,232 78% | 37k | $1.5M (exactly $1,478,030) | Appeal Studios |
 | BLACK CLOVER: QUARTET KNIGHTS | older | $49.99 | 832 75% | 25k | $1.2M (exactly $1,247,750) | ILINX, Inc. |
 | Postal III | older | $5.99 | 4,833 47% | 145k | $868k (exactly $868,490) | Trashmasters, Zoom Platform |
 | Hunt and Snare | · EA older | $29.99 | 720 80% | 22k | $648k (exactly $647,784) | Ruffleneck, Hare, Drathek |
 | Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge | older | $1.99 | 7,062 77% | 212k | $422k (exactly $421,601) | Invent4 Entertainment |
 | ARIA: Genesis | older | $14.99 | 284 61% | 8.5k | $128k (exactly $127,715) | Vortex00 |
 | Beta City | $9.99 | 120 96% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,964) | 娜豆传媒 | |
 | KIPIDON: We Will Always Love You | $7.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | JCPORTALS | |
 | CyberpunkXXX | $9.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | GAMERFLEX Studios | |
 | Femboy vs Nazis | · EA | $3.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Hellim Studios |
 | 2 Hours Later | $5.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | SevenGHON |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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