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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + LGBTQ+
Only 9 developers shipped an LGBTQ+ Turn-Based 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, Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition , 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: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $27k against a market of $630. 6 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) |
|---|---|
| Median | $27k (exactly $27,273) |
| Top 25% | $47k (exactly $47,011) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,210,858) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 300% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- 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
- Turn-Based
- Price point
- $11.99 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 $59.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 55,022 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ 2021 · $9.6M 
Yes, Your Grace 2020 · $7.5M 
XCOM®: Chimera Squad 2020 · $6.2M 
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist 2022 · $3.3M 
Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 2024 · $3.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ | older | $29.99 | 10,623 88% | 319k | $9.6M (exactly $9,557,513) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Yes, Your Grace | older | $19.99 | 12,571 87% | 377k | $7.5M (exactly $7,538,829) | Brave At Night |
| | XCOM®: Chimera Squad | older | $9.99 | 20,602 71% | 618k | $6.2M (exactly $6,174,419) | Firaxis Games |
| | I Was a Teenage Exocolonist | older | $24.99 | 4,443 96% | 133k | $3.3M (exactly $3,330,917) | Northway Games |
| | Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition | $49.99 | 2,141 68% | 64k | $3.2M (exactly $3,210,858) | Oxide Games | |
 | BLUE REFLECTION | older | $59.99 | 1,267 79% | 38k | $2.3M (exactly $2,280,220) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light | older | $59.99 | 948 82% | 28k | $1.7M (exactly $1,706,116) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Sakura Dungeon | older | $19.99 | 1,374 91% | 41k | $824k (exactly $823,988) | Winged Cloud |
 | Virgo Versus The Zodiac | older | $19.99 | 790 92% | 24k | $474k (exactly $473,763) | Moonana |
 | Omega Labyrinth Life | older | $59.99 | 263 64% | 7.9k | $473k (exactly $473,321) | Matrix |
 | Wander Stars | $24.99 | 148 92% | 4.4k | $111k (exactly $110,956) | Paper Castle Games | |
 | Brainwashing Academy - The Cursed Person's Pot | $15.99 | 98 87% | 2.9k | $47k (exactly $47,011) | U-ROOM | |
 | Legends of Gems | $8.99 | 139 81% | 4.2k | $37k (exactly $37,488) | 南京西木优洛网络科技有限公司 | |
 | SuperQuest | $9.99 | 91 100% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | HyperShrimp | |
 | Toward Dawn | $14.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Devi Serene | |
 | HALF-BAKED GIRLS | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | MISTROLE | |
 | Another Round | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Triple Eye Games | |
 | Caterpillar King | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Kabob Lover |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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