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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Turn-Based Combat game?
Turn-Based Combat + LGBTQ+
Of 58 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Turn-Based Combat 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.. 77 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.3k, ×15 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×411 the market median. Revenue is up 255% on the market; 77 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $720 (exactly $720) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.3k (exactly $7,335) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $30,215) |
| Top 5% | $195k (exactly $195,188) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 58 |
| Released games | 175 |
| Announced | 77 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 255% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- LGBTQ+
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Combat; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, JRPG
- Price point
- $10.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,043 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 40 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 77 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
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- + CookingFair
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- + IdlerFair
- + DiceFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + SolitaireFair
Comparable games
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Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ 2021 · $9.6M 
XCOM®: Chimera Squad 2020 · $6.2M 
In Stars And Time 2023 · $4.7M 
BLUE REFLECTION 2017 · $2.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Baldur's Gate 3 | older | $59.99 | 755,010 96% | 23M | $1.4B (exactly $1,358,791,497) | Larian Studios |
| | Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ | older | $29.99 | 10,623 88% | 319k | $9.6M (exactly $9,557,513) | Airship Syndicate |
| | XCOM®: Chimera Squad | older | $9.99 | 20,602 71% | 618k | $6.2M (exactly $6,174,419) | Firaxis Games |
| | In Stars And Time | older | $19.99 | 7,835 97% | 235k | $4.7M (exactly $4,698,650) | insertdisc5 |
| | 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. |
 | Indivisible | older | $19.99 | 2,458 72% | 74k | $1.5M (exactly $1,474,063) | Lab Zero Games |
 | Small Saga | older | $19.99 | 1,821 95% | 55k | $1.1M (exactly $1,092,054) | Darya Noghani |
 | Robin Morningwood Adventure - A gay RPG | older | $34.99 | 995 96% | 30k | $1.0M (exactly $1,044,452) | Grizzly Gamer |
 | Hero's Journey | older | $14.99 | 1,690 79% | 51k | $760k (exactly $759,993) | Jun Takahashi |
 | BLUE REFLECTION Quartet | $49.99 | 140 57% | 4.2k | $210k (exactly $209,958) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
 | Battle Suit Aces | $19.99 | 347 90% | 10k | $208k (exactly $208,096) | Trinket Studios | |
 | Parasite Black | · EA | $17.49 | 372 89% | 11k | $195k (exactly $195,188) | Damned Studios |
 | Beloved Rapture | $19.99 | 237 82% | 7.1k | $142k (exactly $142,129) | Rapturous Studio | |
 | Monster Souls: Chains of Chimera | $34.99 | 112 90% | 3.4k | $118k (exactly $117,566) | inputHero | |
 | Wander Stars | $24.99 | 148 92% | 4.4k | $111k (exactly $110,956) | Paper Castle Games | |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | Sexorcism: Lust Confession | $7.99 | 277 70% | 8.3k | $66k (exactly $66,397) | Kinky Business Group | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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