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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Time Management game?
Time Management + LGBTQ+
Only 15 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Time Management 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.. 56 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $33k, ×69 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×39554 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 56 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) |
|---|---|
| Median | $33k (exactly $32,967) |
| Top 25% | $185k (exactly $184,569) |
| Top 5% | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Multiple Endings, Simulation
- Price point
- $12.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 29,911 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 5 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Sultan's Game 2025 · $19M 
Potionomics 2022 · $5.2M 
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 2024 · $4.5M 
Little Goody Two Shoes 2023 · $1.3M 
Youtubers Life 2 2021 · $1.1M | 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 | |
| | Potionomics | older | $24.99 | 6,973 90% | 209k | $5.2M (exactly $5,227,658) | Voracious Games |
| | Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster | $49.99 | 2,971 80% | 89k | $4.5M (exactly $4,455,609) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | |
| | Little Goody Two Shoes | older | $19.99 | 2,209 95% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,324,737) | AstralShift |
| | Youtubers Life 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,907 72% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,628) | UPLAY Online |
 | Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon | older | $59.99 | 294 75% | 8.8k | $529k (exactly $529,112) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Fallen Shinobi SS. | older | $14.99 | 971 92% | 29k | $437k (exactly $436,659) | marron☆marron |
 | Handyman Legend | older | $6.99 | 2,066 89% | 62k | $433k (exactly $433,240) | SupaShinKen Studio |
 | Robolife2 - Nova Duty | older | $14.99 | 691 89% | 21k | $311k (exactly $310,743) | Barance Studio |
 | Cook Serve Forever | $29.99 | 333 69% | 10k | $300k (exactly $299,600) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. | |
 | SPITE: Taking the Boss's Wife, Sister and Mother | $7.99 | 770 82% | 23k | $185k (exactly $184,569) | DIAMOND VISUAL | |
 | A Town Uncovered | $14.99 | 324 66% | 9.7k | $146k (exactly $145,703) | GeeSeki | |
 | Whimel Academy | $14.99 | 240 86% | 7.2k | $108k (exactly $107,928) | Impossible Home | |
 | Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! | $29.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $59k (exactly $59,380) | Lached Up Games | |
 | Eleanor in Miami: Chains of depravity | $9.99 | 110 81% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | Lesson of Passion | |
 | soul Interface | · EA | $12.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | soulless technologies |
 | 白影酒馆 Tavern Revisited | $9.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Stray Dog Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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