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Should I ship a Faith Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Faith
Of 37 developers who shipped a Faith Action-Adventure 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.. 67 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $890k, ×1419 the market median. Revenue is up 1080% on the market; 67 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,301) |
| Top 5% | $891k (exactly $891,154) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 104 |
| Announced | 67 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 1080% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Faith
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 7,786 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Touhou Luna Nights 2019 · $7.4M 
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE 2026 · $4.0M 
Gensokyo Night Festival 2019 · EA · $1.8M 
I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k 
Crimson Oath 2026 · $337k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Touhou Luna Nights | older | $17.99 | 13,776 97% | 413k | $7.4M (exactly $7,434,907) | Team Ladybug, WSS playground |
| | FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE | $49.99 | 2,663 87% | 80k | $4.0M (exactly $3,993,701) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Gensokyo Night Festival | · EA older | $12.99 | 4,497 69% | 135k | $1.8M (exactly $1,752,481) | WSS playground, tea_basira |
| | I Am Jesus Christ | $19.99 | 1,486 87% | 45k | $891k (exactly $891,154) | Space Boat Studios | |
| | Crimson Oath | $14.99 | 750 82% | 23k | $337k (exactly $337,275) | Parry Frames Team | |
 | The Inquisitor | older | $39.99 | 277 66% | 8.3k | $332k (exactly $332,317) | The Dust S.A. |
 | Vasilisa and Baba Yaga | $9.99 | 854 89% | 26k | $256k (exactly $255,944) | Baba Yaga Games | |
 | Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi | $7.99 | 701 91% | 21k | $168k (exactly $168,030) | ZRIGN 地霊研究院 | |
 | Touhou Blooming Soul | · EA | $5.99 | 911 96% | 27k | $164k (exactly $163,707) | 二色幽紫蝶 |
 | Horror Story: Hallowseed | older | $19.99 | 259 63% | 7.8k | $155k (exactly $155,322) | Jeff Winner |
 | SANAE's Sylphid Breeze | $19.99 | 175 84% | 5.3k | $105k (exactly $104,947) | sorehodoh | |
 | Ritus Exorcismus | $5.99 | 138 99% | 4.1k | $25k (exactly $24,799) | Dernhelm Games | |
 | Besmirch | · EA | $9.99 | 79 97% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Gangru Games |
 | Spiritus Sancti | $12.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,301) | Divider Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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