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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a God Game Action-Adventure?

Action-Adventure + God Game

Only 17 developers shipped a God Game Action-Adventure 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, JIANGHU CHRONICLES, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 32 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 386385% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 386385% on the market, 32 announced, ×3.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Action-Adventure + God Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.8k → $239 → $0 → $6.5k → $1.5k → $10k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action-Adventure + God Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $194k (exactly $193,821)
Top 5% $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 63
Announced 32
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 386395% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
God Game
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Action-Adventure, God Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Action, Adventure
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 5,828 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $360, 1 in 4 over $190k, 1 in 20 over $1.1M.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair63 devs · median $12k · 69 announced
  2. + MinigamesFair18 devs · median $6.7k · 19 announced
  3. + BikesFair11 devs · median $2.5k · 11 announced
  4. + TransportationFair21 devs · median $2.3k · 22 announced
  5. + MotorbikeFair9 devs · median $2.3k · 12 announced
  6. + TypingLong shot14 devs · median $360 · 16 announced
  7. + Time AttackLong shot12 devs · median $150 · 17 announced
  8. + Character Action GamePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  9. + MMORPGPoor odds15 devs · median $25k · 116 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds49 devs · median $25k · 133 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds81 devs · median $24k · 135 announced
  12. + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds12 devs · median $17k · 26 announced

All 242 pairs on the Action-Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

JIANGHU CHRONICLES 2025 · $1.1M I Am Jesus Christ 2026 · $891k Stonemachia 2026 · $746k Fox Sex Farm 2025 · $223k Strange Seed 2025 · $194k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
JIANGHU CHRONICLES $17.99 2,046 70% 61k $1.1M (exactly $1,104,226) 一品阁
I Am Jesus Christ $19.99 1,486 87% 45k $891k (exactly $891,154) Space Boat Studios
Stonemachia $19.99 1,244 95% 37k $746k (exactly $746,027) Crossfall Games
Fox Sex Farm $17.99 413 82% 12k $223k (exactly $222,896) R's
Strange Seed $14.99 431 86% 13k $194k (exactly $193,821) Chronicle Games Ltd
Vade Retro : Exorcist older $6.99 921 70% 28k $193k (exactly $193,134) Forceight
Creature Crafter older $7.99 745 86% 22k $179k (exactly $178,576) Daniel Lochner
Miniland Adventure older $10.99 290 72% 8.7k $96k (exactly $95,613) Imilkowski Dev
Last Light older $15.99 161 81% 4.8k $77k (exactly $77,232) Team Corn Field
Firelight Fantasy: Phoenix Crew older $13.99 173 78% 5.2k $73k (exactly $72,608) Quacky Games
FALL $4.99 153 88% 4.6k $23k (exactly $22,904) 谭浩翔
Soulbound Roguelike $9.99 34 82% 1.0k $10k (exactly $10,190) DuDu Games
Evil Superhero Simulator · EA $2.99 17 88% 510 $1.5k (exactly $1,525) Superhero Central
Harvester Arno $3.99 3 66% 90 $359 (exactly $359) LAL
SINGULARITY $8.99 1 100% 30 $270 (exactly $270) xzx

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.