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Should I ship an LGBTQ+ Word Game?
Word Game + LGBTQ+
Of 38 developers who shipped an LGBTQ+ Word 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.. 42 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $11k, ×95 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $740k, ×6247 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 42 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,315) |
| Top 25% | $46k (exactly $45,873) |
| Top 5% | $743k (exactly $743,405) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 99 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 290% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Word Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Dating Sim, Interactive Fiction
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 15,305 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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The Chrono Jotter 2021 · $708k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 月に寄りそう乙女の作法 | older | $39.99 | 3,462 97% | 104k | $4.2M (exactly $4,153,361) | Navel |
| | Sweet Home | $7.99 | 9,910 94% | 297k | $2.4M (exactly $2,375,427) | 开心茶房 | |
| | 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相 | older | $13.99 | 1,831 93% | 55k | $768k (exactly $768,471) | Never Knows Best |
| | Pronoun Palace | $19.84 | 1,249 99% | 37k | $743k (exactly $743,405) | Cadence Petersen, Hazel Fackler | |
| | The Chrono Jotter | older | $11.99 | 1,968 94% | 59k | $708k (exactly $707,890) | Orca Layout |
 | 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~ | older | $8.99 | 2,509 93% | 75k | $677k (exactly $676,677) | Never Knows Best |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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